Ecological adaptation in Atlantic herring is associated with large shifts in allele frequencies at hundreds of loci

  1. Fan Han
  2. Minal Jamsandekar
  3. Mats E Pettersson
  4. Leyi Su
  5. Angela Fuentes-Pardo
  6. Brian Davis
  7. Dorte Bekkevold
  8. Florian Berg
  9. Michele Casini
  10. Geir Dahle
  11. Edward D Farrell
  12. Arild Folkvord
  13. Leif Andersson  Is a corresponding author
  1. Uppsala University, Sweden
  2. Texas A&M University, United States
  3. Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  4. University of Bergen, Norway
  5. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
  6. Institute of Marine Research, Norway
  7. University College Dublin, Ireland

Abstract

Atlantic herring is widespread in North Atlantic and adjacent waters and is one of the most abundant vertebrates on earth. This species is well suited to explore genetic adaptation due to minute genetic differentiation at selectively neutral loci. Here we report hundreds of loci underlying ecological adaptation to different geographic areas and spawning conditions. Four of these represent megabase inversions confirmed by long read sequencing. The genetic architecture underlying ecological adaptation in herring deviates from expectation under a classical infinitesimal model for complex traits because of large shifts in allele frequencies at hundreds of loci under selection.

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Data availability statement. The sequence data generated in this study is available in Bioproject PRJNA642736.Code availability statement. The analyses of data have been carried out with publicly available software and all are cited in the Methods section. Custom scripts used are available in Github (https://github.com/Fan-Han/Population-analysis-with-pooled-data)

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  1. Fan Han

    Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  2. Minal Jamsandekar

    Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States
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  3. Mats E Pettersson

    Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  4. Leyi Su

    Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  5. Angela Fuentes-Pardo

    Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  6. Brian Davis

    Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States
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  7. Dorte Bekkevold

    National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Silkeborg, Denmark
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  8. Florian Berg

    Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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  9. Michele Casini

    Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lysekil, Sweden
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  10. Geir Dahle

    Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
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  11. Edward D Farrell

    School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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  12. Arild Folkvord

    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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  13. Leif Andersson

    Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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    leif.andersson@imbim.uu.se
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Funding

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (KAW scholar)

  • Leif Andersson

Vetenskapsrådet (Senior professor)

  • Leif Andersson

Research Council of Norway (254774)

  • Arild Folkvord

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2020, Han et al.

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  1. Fan Han
  2. Minal Jamsandekar
  3. Mats E Pettersson
  4. Leyi Su
  5. Angela Fuentes-Pardo
  6. Brian Davis
  7. Dorte Bekkevold
  8. Florian Berg
  9. Michele Casini
  10. Geir Dahle
  11. Edward D Farrell
  12. Arild Folkvord
  13. Leif Andersson
(2020)
Ecological adaptation in Atlantic herring is associated with large shifts in allele frequencies at hundreds of loci
eLife 9:e61076.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61076

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