Pervasive horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in natural populations of closely related and widespread tropical skipper butterflies

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F25%3A00604414" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/25:00604414 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60076658:12310/25:43909836 RIV/61988987:17310/25:A26039VG

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12866-024-03719-1.pdf" target="_blank" >https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12866-024-03719-1.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03719-1" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12866-024-03719-1</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Pervasive horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in natural populations of closely related and widespread tropical skipper butterflies

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

BackgroundThe endosymbiotic relationship between Wolbachia bacteria and insects has been of interest for many years due to their diverse types of host reproductive phenotypic manipulation and potential role in the host's evolutionary history and population dynamics. Even though infection rates are high in Lepidoptera and specifically in butterflies, and reproductive manipulation is present in these taxa, less attention has been given to understanding how Wolbachia is acquired and maintained in their natural populations, across and within species having continental geographical distributions.ResultsWe used whole genome sequencing data to investigate the phylogenetics, demographic history, and infection rate dynamics of Wolbachia in four species of the Spicauda genus of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), a taxon that presents sympatric and often syntopic distribution, with drastic variability in species abundance in the Neotropical region. We show that infection is maintained by high turnover rates driven mainly by pervasive horizontal transmissions, while also presenting novel cases of double infection by distantly related supergroups of Wolbachia in S. simplicius.ConclusionsOur results suggest that Wolbachia population dynamics is host species-specific, with genetic cohesiveness across wide geographical distributions. We demonstrate that low coverage whole genome sequencing data can be used for an exhaustive assessment of Wolbachia infection in natural populations of butterflies, as well as its dynamics in closely related host species. This ultimately leads to a better understanding of the endosymbiotic population dynamics of Wolbachia and its effects on the host's biology and evolution.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Pervasive horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in natural populations of closely related and widespread tropical skipper butterflies

Popis výsledku anglicky

BackgroundThe endosymbiotic relationship between Wolbachia bacteria and insects has been of interest for many years due to their diverse types of host reproductive phenotypic manipulation and potential role in the host's evolutionary history and population dynamics. Even though infection rates are high in Lepidoptera and specifically in butterflies, and reproductive manipulation is present in these taxa, less attention has been given to understanding how Wolbachia is acquired and maintained in their natural populations, across and within species having continental geographical distributions.ResultsWe used whole genome sequencing data to investigate the phylogenetics, demographic history, and infection rate dynamics of Wolbachia in four species of the Spicauda genus of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), a taxon that presents sympatric and often syntopic distribution, with drastic variability in species abundance in the Neotropical region. We show that infection is maintained by high turnover rates driven mainly by pervasive horizontal transmissions, while also presenting novel cases of double infection by distantly related supergroups of Wolbachia in S. simplicius.ConclusionsOur results suggest that Wolbachia population dynamics is host species-specific, with genetic cohesiveness across wide geographical distributions. We demonstrate that low coverage whole genome sequencing data can be used for an exhaustive assessment of Wolbachia infection in natural populations of butterflies, as well as its dynamics in closely related host species. This ultimately leads to a better understanding of the endosymbiotic population dynamics of Wolbachia and its effects on the host's biology and evolution.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GC22-35084J" target="_blank" >GC22-35084J: Evoluční mechanismy, které utvářely diverzitu a areály v hotspotu tropické diverzity</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

BMC Microbiology

ISSN

1471-2180

e-ISSN

1471-2180

Svazek periodika

25

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

5

Kód UT WoS článku

001391672100002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85214400157