The Role of Host‐Range Expansion and Co‐Speciation in Host–Parasite Associations With the Divergence of the Great Tit Species Complex
ABSTRACT During the evolution of parasites, co‐speciation and host‐range expansion are thought to play roles in establishing associations with hosts, while sorting events can lead to dissolution of those associations. To address the roles of these processes, we focus on avian haemosporidian parasite...
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| description | ABSTRACT During the evolution of parasites, co‐speciation and host‐range expansion are thought to play roles in establishing associations with hosts, while sorting events can lead to dissolution of those associations. To address the roles of these processes, we focus on avian haemosporidian parasites infecting hosts of the intensively studied great tit species complex. We estimated the phylogeography of lineages detected in the species complex, and quantified their transition probabilities among hosts. Lineages detected in different host species presented a strong geographical signal but did not form monophyletic groups. Yet, distributions of lineages are not merely the result of their dispersal limitations, as many lineages that infect only one focal species can be found in birds sympatric with other focal species. Besides, closely related lineages that infect the same host species reach more similar rates of infection than expected by chance. Finally, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon lineages infecting P. major, the most recently dispersed species, were more generalized than others, consistent with a pattern of generalist parasites expanding their host ranges by infecting newly encountered host species. Our results suggest that host–parasite associations in this system are mainly the result of sorting events and host‐range expansion of parasites, rather than co‐speciation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e9212f75fca74af49005a3c6c4e59d472025-01-29T05:08:42ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582025-01-01151n/an/a10.1002/ece3.70859The Role of Host‐Range Expansion and Co‐Speciation in Host–Parasite Associations With the Divergence of the Great Tit Species ComplexXi Huang0Vincenzo A. Ellis1Yangyang Peng2Farah Ishtiaq3Haitao Wang4Wei Liang5Qiang Wu6Staffan Bensch7Lu Dong8MOE Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences Beijing Normal University Beijing ChinaDeptartment of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology University of Delaware Newark Delaware USAMOE Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences Beijing Normal University Beijing ChinaCentre in InStem Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Bangalore IndiaJilin Engineering Laboratory for Avian Ecology and Conservation Genetics, School of Life Sciences Northeast Normal University Changchun ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences Hainan Normal University Haikou ChinaMOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, College of Life Sciences Zhejiang University Hangzhou ChinaDepartment of Biology Lund University Lund SwedenMOE Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences Beijing Normal University Beijing ChinaABSTRACT During the evolution of parasites, co‐speciation and host‐range expansion are thought to play roles in establishing associations with hosts, while sorting events can lead to dissolution of those associations. To address the roles of these processes, we focus on avian haemosporidian parasites infecting hosts of the intensively studied great tit species complex. We estimated the phylogeography of lineages detected in the species complex, and quantified their transition probabilities among hosts. Lineages detected in different host species presented a strong geographical signal but did not form monophyletic groups. Yet, distributions of lineages are not merely the result of their dispersal limitations, as many lineages that infect only one focal species can be found in birds sympatric with other focal species. Besides, closely related lineages that infect the same host species reach more similar rates of infection than expected by chance. Finally, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon lineages infecting P. major, the most recently dispersed species, were more generalized than others, consistent with a pattern of generalist parasites expanding their host ranges by infecting newly encountered host species. Our results suggest that host–parasite associations in this system are mainly the result of sorting events and host‐range expansion of parasites, rather than co‐speciation.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70859haemosporidianhost–parasite associationhost‐range expansionParus majorphylogeography |
| spellingShingle | Xi Huang Vincenzo A. Ellis Yangyang Peng Farah Ishtiaq Haitao Wang Wei Liang Qiang Wu Staffan Bensch Lu Dong The Role of Host‐Range Expansion and Co‐Speciation in Host–Parasite Associations With the Divergence of the Great Tit Species Complex Ecology and Evolution haemosporidian host–parasite association host‐range expansion Parus major phylogeography |
| title | The Role of Host‐Range Expansion and Co‐Speciation in Host–Parasite Associations With the Divergence of the Great Tit Species Complex |
| title_full | The Role of Host‐Range Expansion and Co‐Speciation in Host–Parasite Associations With the Divergence of the Great Tit Species Complex |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Host‐Range Expansion and Co‐Speciation in Host–Parasite Associations With the Divergence of the Great Tit Species Complex |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Host‐Range Expansion and Co‐Speciation in Host–Parasite Associations With the Divergence of the Great Tit Species Complex |
| title_short | The Role of Host‐Range Expansion and Co‐Speciation in Host–Parasite Associations With the Divergence of the Great Tit Species Complex |
| title_sort | role of host range expansion and co speciation in host parasite associations with the divergence of the great tit species complex |
| topic | haemosporidian host–parasite association host‐range expansion Parus major phylogeography |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70859 |
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