Phylogeography and demographic history of Gyrodactylus konovalovi (Monogenoidea: Gyrodactylidae), an ectoparasite on the East Asia Amur minnow (Cyprinidae) in Central China. Issue 3 (18th January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Tao; Chen, Juan; Tang, Ling; Chen, Xiaoning; Yan, Jun; You, Ping
• Is Part Of: Ecology and evolution. Volume 10:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 1454
• Page End: 1468
• Publication Date: 2020-01-18
• Subjects: demographic history -- Gyrodactylus konovalovi -- phylogeography -- Qinling Mountains; Ecology -- Periodicals; Evolution -- Periodicals; 577.05
• DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6000
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2045-7758

Abstract

Abstract: Gyrodactylus konovalovi is an ectoparasite on the Amur minnow ( Rhynchocypris lagowskii ) that is widely distributed in the cold fresh waters of East Asia. In the present study, the phylogeography and demographic history of G. konovalovi and the distribution of its host in the Qinling Mountains are examined. A total of 79 individual parasites was sequenced for a 528 bp region of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (ND5) gene, and 25 haplotypes were obtained. The substitution rate (dN/dS) was 0.068 and indicated purifying selection. Haplotype diversity ( h ) and nucleotide diversity ( π ) varied widely in the Qinling Mountains. Phylogenetic trees based on Bayesian inference (BI), maximum likelihood (ML), and maximum parsimony (MP) methods and network analysis revealed that all haplotypes were consistently well‐supported in three different lineages, indicating a significant geographic distribution pattern. There was a significant positive correlation between genetic differentiation ( F st ) and geographic distance. The results of mismatch distribution, neutrality test and Bayesian skyline plot analyses showed that whole populations underwent population contraction during the Pleistocene. Based on the molecular clock calibration, the most common ancestor was estimated to have emerged in the middle Pleistocene. Our study suggests for the first time that a clearly phylogeography of G. konovalovi was shaped by geological events and climate fluctuations, such as orogenesis, drainage capture changes, and vicariance, during the Pleistocene in the Qinling Mountains. Abstract : Gyrodactylus konovalovi is an ectoparasite on East Asia minnow Rhynchocypris lagowskii that is widely distributed in cold freshwater. In the study, the phylogeographic pattern and demographic history of G. konovalovi along with the distribution of its host in the Qinling Mountains have been examined.