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Andrea L. Sweigart, John H. Willis, PATTERNS OF NUCLEOTIDE DIVERSITY IN TWO SPECIES OF MIMULUS ARE AFFECTED BY MATING SYSTEM AND ASYMMETRIC INTROGRESSION, Evolution, Volume 57, Issue 11, 1 November 2003, Pages 2490–2506, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01494.x
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Abstract
The evolutionary transition from outcrossing to self‐fertilization has far‐reaching implications for patterns of intraspecific genetic diversity and the potential for speciation. Using DNA sequence variation at two nuclear loci, we examined the divergence history of two closely related species ofMimulus. To investigate the effects of mating system and introgressive hybridization on the outcrossingM. guttatus and the selfingM. nasutus, we inspected nucleotide diversity within and between natural populations spanning the species—geographic ranges. High sequence similarity among populations of the selfing M. nasutus points to a single evolutionary origin for the species. Consistent with their distinct mating systems, all genetic variation inM. nasutus is distributed among populations, whereas M. guttatus exhibits appreciable levels of nucleotide diversity within populations. Silent genetic diversity is extensive in M. guttatus (mean θsil/site = 0.077) and greatly exceeds the predicted twofold elevation in neutral variation for outcrossers relative to selfers. The finding of several M. guttatus sequences that share complete identity with sequences from M. nasutus suggests that recent asymmetric introgression may have occurred. We argue that exceptionally high nucleotide diversity in M. guttatus is consistent with a long‐term history of directional introgression from M. nasutus to M. guttatus throughout the divergence of these two species.
