Parental care shapes the evolution of molecular genetic variation

Author:

Mashoodh RORCID,Trowsdale A,Manica AORCID,Kilner RMORCID

Abstract

AbstractCooperative social behaviours, such as parental care, have long been hypothesized to relax selection leading to the accumulation of genetic variation in populations. Although the idea has been discussed for decades, there has been relatively little experimental work to investigate how social behaviour contributes to genetic variation in populations. Here, we investigate how parental care can shape molecular genetic variation in the subsocial insectNicrophorus vespilloides. Using whole genome sequencing of populations that had evolved in the presence or absence of parental care for 30 generations, we show that parental care maintains levels of standing genetic variation. In contrast, under a harsh environment without care, strong directional selection caused a reduction in genetic variation. Furthermore, we show that adaptation to the loss of care is associated with genetic divergence between populations at loci related to stress, morphological development and transcriptional regulation. These data reveal how social behaviour is linked to the genetic processes that shape and maintain genetic diversity within populations, and provides rare empirical evidence for an old hypothesis.Lay SummarySocial behaviours, such as parental care, have long been hypothesized to result in the accumulation of genetic variation in populations. Here, we investigate how parental care can shape molecular genetic variation in a species that perform biparental care,Nicrophorus vespilloides. Using genome sequencing of populations that had evolved in the presence or absence of parental care for 30 generations, we show that parental care maintains levels of standing genetic variation. In contrast, under a harsh environment without care, populations lost genetic variation. Furthermore, we show that adaptation to the loss of care is associated with genetic divergence between populations at genes related to stress, morphological development and transcriptional regulation. These data reveal how social behaviour is linked to the genetic processes that shape and maintain genetic diversity within populations.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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