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dc.contributor.authorAlale, Theophilus Yaw
dc.contributor.authorSormunen, Jani J.
dc.contributor.authorVesterinen, Eero J.
dc.contributor.authorKlemola, Tero
dc.contributor.authorKnott, K. Emily
dc.contributor.authorBaltazar‐Soares, Miguel
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T05:59:14Z
dc.date.available2024-05-22T05:59:14Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.citationAlale, T. Y., Sormunen, J. J., Vesterinen, E. J., Klemola, T., Knott, K. E., & Baltazar‐Soares, M. (2024). Genomic signatures of hybridization between Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus in natural populations. <i>Ecology and Evolution</i>, <i>14</i>, Article e11415. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11415" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11415</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_215885519
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/95033
dc.description.abstractIdentifying hybridization between common pathogen vectors is essential due to the major public health implications through risks associated with hybrid's enhanced pathogen transmission potential. The hard-ticks Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus are the two most common vectors of tick-borne pathogens that affect human and animal health in Europe. Ixodes ricinus is a known native species in Finland with a well-known distribution, whereas I. persulcatus has expanded in range and abundance over the past 60 years, and currently it appears the most common tick species in certain areas in Finland. Here we used double-digest restriction site-associated DNA (ddRAD) sequencing on 186 ticks (morphologically identified as 92 I. ricinus, and 94 I. persulcatus) collected across Finland to investigate whether RAD generated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can discriminate tick species and identify potential hybridization events. Two different clustering methods were used to assign specific species based on how they clustered and identified hybrids among them. We were able to discriminate between the two tick species and identified 11 putative hybrids with admixed genomic proportions ranging from approximately 24 to 76 percent. Four of these hybrids were morphologically identified as I. ricinus while the remaining seven were identified as I. persulcatus. Our results thus indicate that RAD SNPs are robust in identifying both species of the ticks as well as putative hybrids. These results further suggest ongoing hybridization between I. ricinus and I. persulcatus in their natural populations in Finland. The unique ability of RAD markers to discriminate between tick species and hybrids adds a useful aspect to tick evolutionary studies. Our findings align with previous studies and suggest a shared evolutionary history between the species, with instances of individuals possessing a considerable proportion of the other species' genome. This study is a significant step in understanding the formation of hybridization zones due to range expansion potentially associated with climate change.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEcology and Evolution
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.subject.otherddRAD
dc.subject.othergenetic admixture
dc.subject.otherhybridization
dc.subject.otherIxodes persulcatus
dc.subject.otherIxodes ricinus
dc.subject.otherpolymorphisms
dc.titleGenomic signatures of hybridization between Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus in natural populations
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202405223797
dc.contributor.laitosBio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Biological and Environmental Scienceen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn2045-7758
dc.relation.volume14
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2024 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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dc.subject.ysopuutiaiset
dc.subject.ysoristeymät (biologia)
dc.subject.ysopopulaatiot
dc.subject.ysopunkit
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jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p9774
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p9176
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5038
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p3718
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1002/ece3.11415
jyx.fundinginformationThis study was supported by the Turku University Foundation and private donations to the University of Turku for dissertation grant during this work, and Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation for producing the data.
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