Rare sex or out of reach equilibrium? The dynamics of FIS in partially clonal organisms

BMC Genetics

Research Article

Sophie Arnaud-Haond¹  Solenn Stoeckel²  Katja Reichel²  Jean-Pierre Masson²  Florent Malrieu³ 

[1] IFREMER, UMR5240 MARBEC, F-34203, Sète, France;IGEPP, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, Université de Rennes 1, 35650, Le Rheu, France;Université de Tours, CNRS-UMR7350 LMPT, F-37200, Tours, France;

关键词: Partial asexuality;    Parthenogenesis;    Mating system;    Inbreeding coefficient;    Heterozygote excess;    Genetic diversity;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12863-016-0388-z

 received in 2016-01-29, accepted in 2016-06-01,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPartially clonal organisms are very common in nature, yet the influence of partial asexuality on the temporal dynamics of genetic diversity remains poorly understood. Mathematical models accounting for clonality predict deviations only for extremely rare sex and only towards mean inbreeding coefficient FIS¯<0\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{wasysym}\usepackage{amsfonts}\usepackage{amssymb}\usepackage{amsbsy}\usepackage{mathrsfs}\usepackage{upgreek}\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}\begin{document}$$ \overline{F_{IS}}<0 $$\end{document}. Yet in partially clonal species, both FIS < 0 and FIS > 0 are frequently observed also in populations where there is evidence for a significant amount of sexual reproduction. Here, we studied the joint effects of partial clonality, mutation and genetic drift with a state-and-time discrete Markov chain model to describe the dynamics of FIS over time under increasing rates of clonality.ResultsResults of the mathematical model and simulations show that partial clonality slows down the asymptotic convergence to FIS = 0. Thus, although clonality alone does not lead to departures from Hardy-Weinberg expectations once reached the final equilibrium state, both negative and positive FIS values can arise transiently even at intermediate rates of clonality. More importantly, such “transient” departures from Hardy Weinberg proportions may last long as clonality tunes up the temporal variation of FIS and reduces its rate of change over time, leading to a hyperbolic increase of the maximal time needed to reach the final mean FIS,∞¯\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{wasysym}\usepackage{amsfonts}\usepackage{amssymb}\usepackage{amsbsy}\usepackage{mathrsfs}\usepackage{upgreek}\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}\begin{document}$$ \overline{F_{IS,\infty }} $$\end{document} value expected at equilibrium.ConclusionOur results argue for a dynamical interpretation of FIS in clonal populations. Negative values cannot be interpreted as unequivocal evidence for extremely scarce sex but also as intermediate rates of clonality in finite populations. Complementary observations (e.g. frequency distribution of multiloci genotypes, population history) or time series data may help to discriminate between different possible conclusions on the extent of clonality when mean FIS¯\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{wasysym}\usepackage{amsfonts}\usepackage{amssymb}\usepackage{amsbsy}\usepackage{mathrsfs}\usepackage{upgreek}\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}\begin{document}$$ \overline{F_{IS}} $$\end{document} values deviating from zero and/or a large variation of FIS over loci are observed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2016

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