Reproductive isolation and the expansion of an invasive hybrid swarm
Biological Invasions
By: Michael J. Blum, David M. Walters, Noel M. Burkhead, Byron J. Freeman, and Brady A. Porter
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Abstract
Biological invasions involving hybridization proceed according to prezygotic and postzygotic reproductive isolating mechanisms. Yet few comparisons of reproductive isolation have been carried out to understand how different mechanisms prevent or promote invasions involving hybridization. Here we present a study of prezygotic and postzygotic isolation between non-native red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) and native blacktail shiner (C. venusta stigmatura) from the Coosa River basin (USA) to better understand the formation and expansion of invasive hybrid swarms. We conducted spawning trials to measure mating preferences and raised broods from crosses to assay hybrid viability through early juvenile development. Females of both species were more responsive to conspecific mates, although blacktail shiner females responded more often to heterospecific mates than did red shiner females. Fecundity of red shiner females was also higher than blacktail shiner females. Heterospecific crosses resulted in lower fertilization and egg hatching rates, but we found no other evidence of inviability. Rather, we found comparatively low larval mortality of F1 hybrids, which is suggestive of heterosis. These findings support prior inferences of assortative mating from genetic descriptions of hybridization, and that the invasion in the Coosa River is likely proceeding due to interspecific competition and intrinsic hybrid viability.
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Blum, M.J., Walters, D., Burkhead, N.M., Freeman, B.J., and Porter, B.A., 2010, Reproductive isolation and the expansion of an invasive hybrid swarm: Biological Invasions, v. 12, no. 8, p. 2825-2836, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9688-9.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Reproductive isolation and the expansion of an invasive hybrid swarm |
| Series title | Biological Invasions |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10530-010-9688-9 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Publication Date | January 20, 2010 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| Publisher location | Dordrecht |
| Description | 12 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Biological Invasions |
| First page | 2825 |
| Last page | 2836 |