Theropithecus gelada, the last surviving species of this genus, occupy a unique and highly specialised ecological niche in the Ethiopian highlands. A subdivision into three geographically defined populations (Northern, Central and Southern) has been tentatively proposed for this species on the basis of genetic analyses, but genomic data have been investigated only for two of these groups (Northern and Central). Here we combined newly generated whole genome sequences of individuals sampled from the population living south of the East Africa Great Rift Valley with available data from the other two gelada populations to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the species. Integrating genomic and paleoclimatic data we found that gene-flow across populations and with Papio species tracked past climate changes. The isolation and climatic conditions experienced by Southern geladas during the Holocene shaped local diversity and generated diet-related genomic signatures.

Gelada genomes highlight events of gene flow, hybridisation and local adaptation that track past climatic changes / Caldon, M.; Mutti, G.; Mondanaro, A.; Imai, H.; Shotake, T.; Oteogarcia, G.; Belay, G.; Morata, J.; Trotta, J. -R.; Montinaro, F.; Gippoliti, S.; Capelli, C.. - In: MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. - ISSN 0962-1083. - 33:19(2024). [10.1111/mec.17514]

Gelada genomes highlight events of gene flow, hybridisation and local adaptation that track past climatic changes

Caldon M.
Formal Analysis
;
Mutti G.
Formal Analysis
;
Capelli C.
Conceptualization
2024-01-01

Abstract

Theropithecus gelada, the last surviving species of this genus, occupy a unique and highly specialised ecological niche in the Ethiopian highlands. A subdivision into three geographically defined populations (Northern, Central and Southern) has been tentatively proposed for this species on the basis of genetic analyses, but genomic data have been investigated only for two of these groups (Northern and Central). Here we combined newly generated whole genome sequences of individuals sampled from the population living south of the East Africa Great Rift Valley with available data from the other two gelada populations to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the species. Integrating genomic and paleoclimatic data we found that gene-flow across populations and with Papio species tracked past climate changes. The isolation and climatic conditions experienced by Southern geladas during the Holocene shaped local diversity and generated diet-related genomic signatures.
2024
Gelada genomes highlight events of gene flow, hybridisation and local adaptation that track past climatic changes / Caldon, M.; Mutti, G.; Mondanaro, A.; Imai, H.; Shotake, T.; Oteogarcia, G.; Belay, G.; Morata, J.; Trotta, J. -R.; Montinaro, F.; Gippoliti, S.; Capelli, C.. - In: MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. - ISSN 0962-1083. - 33:19(2024). [10.1111/mec.17514]
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