Social selection parapatry in Afrotropical sunbirds
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Social selection parapatry in Afrotropical sunbirds. / McEntee, Jay P.; Peñalba, Joshua V.; Werema, Chacha; Mulungu, Elia; Mbilinyi, Maneno; Moyer, David; Hansen, Louis André; Fjeldså, Jon; Bowie, Rauri C. K.
In: Evolution, Vol. 70, No. 6, 06.2016, p. 1307-1321.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Social selection parapatry in Afrotropical sunbirds
AU - McEntee, Jay P.
AU - Peñalba, Joshua V.
AU - Werema, Chacha
AU - Mulungu, Elia
AU - Mbilinyi, Maneno
AU - Moyer, David
AU - Hansen, Louis André
AU - Fjeldså, Jon
AU - Bowie, Rauri C. K.
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - The extent of range overlap of incipient and recent species depends on the type and magnitude of phenotypic divergence that separates them, and the consequences of phenotypic divergence on their interactions. Signal divergence by social selection likely initiates many speciation events, but may yield niche-conserved lineages predisposed to limit each others’ ranges via ecological competition. Here, we examine this neglected aspect of social selection speciation theory in relation to the discovery of a nonecotonal species border between sunbirds. We find that Nectarinia moreaui and Nectarinia fuelleborni meet in a ∼6 km wide contact zone, as estimated by molecular cline analysis. These species exploit similar bioclimatic niches, but sing highly divergent learned songs, consistent with divergence by social selection. Cline analyses suggest that within-species stabilizing social selection on song-learning predispositions maintains species differences in song despite both hybridization and cultural transmission. We conclude that ecological competition between moreaui and fuelleborni contributes to the stabilization of the species border, but that ecological competition acts in conjunction with reproductive interference. The evolutionary maintenance of learned song differences in a hybrid zone recommend this study system for future studies on the mechanisms of learned song divergence and its role in speciation.
AB - The extent of range overlap of incipient and recent species depends on the type and magnitude of phenotypic divergence that separates them, and the consequences of phenotypic divergence on their interactions. Signal divergence by social selection likely initiates many speciation events, but may yield niche-conserved lineages predisposed to limit each others’ ranges via ecological competition. Here, we examine this neglected aspect of social selection speciation theory in relation to the discovery of a nonecotonal species border between sunbirds. We find that Nectarinia moreaui and Nectarinia fuelleborni meet in a ∼6 km wide contact zone, as estimated by molecular cline analysis. These species exploit similar bioclimatic niches, but sing highly divergent learned songs, consistent with divergence by social selection. Cline analyses suggest that within-species stabilizing social selection on song-learning predispositions maintains species differences in song despite both hybridization and cultural transmission. We conclude that ecological competition between moreaui and fuelleborni contributes to the stabilization of the species border, but that ecological competition acts in conjunction with reproductive interference. The evolutionary maintenance of learned song differences in a hybrid zone recommend this study system for future studies on the mechanisms of learned song divergence and its role in speciation.
KW - Bird song
KW - cline
KW - hybrid zone
KW - HZAR
KW - sexual selection
KW - species borders
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84976492786&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/evo.12950
DO - 10.1111/evo.12950
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27167078
VL - 70
SP - 1307
EP - 1321
JO - Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
JF - Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
SN - 0014-3820
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 173804418