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Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.18710/SQ8XSO |
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Publication Date
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2026-06-22 |
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Title
| Supporting data for: A Natural Hybrid Zone Between Divergent Ecotypes of a Wood-Decay Fungus in Fennoscandia |
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Author
| Ekeberg, Ingvild MyhreUniversity of OsloORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0007-3214-8180 |
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Point of Contact
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Ekberg, Ingvild Myhre (University of Oslo) |
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Description
| Postglacial migration out of glacial refugia has led to secondary contact between diverging lineages, creating numerous contact zones across European taxa. In fungi, especially in wood-decay fungi, such contact zones have been poorly studied. Yet, contact zones are natural “evolutionary experiments” where speciation, reproductive barriers and hybrid zone dynamics can be studied. We investigated the population structure, hybrid zone dynamics and demographic history of the wood-decay fungus Meruliopsis taxicola in Fennoscandia, using whole-genome resequencing data combined with distribution modelling. Our results show that there exist two ecologically and genomically divergent ecotypes of M. taxicola in Fennoscandia, corresponding to a Coastal and Continental ecotype, which probably diverged during the last glaciation and subsequently migrated into Fennoscandia. Moreover, the ecotypes are mating, and there is a narrow hybrid zone between the distributions of the ecotypes. The nature of the hybrid zone remains unclear, but there is evidence suggesting that there is asymmetrical gene flow from the Continental ecotype to the Coastal ecotype. Future work should test hypotheses regarding hybrid fitness through phenotypic experiments to conclude further about the pattern of asymmetrical introgression, and the stability of the hybrid zone. (2026-02-23) |
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Subject
| Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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Keyword
| hybrid zone
secondary contact
adaptation
demography
population genomics
wood-decay fungi |
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Related Publication
| Is Supplement To: Submitted for review |
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Language
| English |
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Producer
| University of Oslo (UiO) https://www.uio.no/english/ |
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Contributor
| Supervisor: Skrede, Inger
Supervisor: Kauserud, Håvard
Researcher: Naas, Adam Eindride
Researcher: Krabberød, Anders Kristian
Researcher: Peris, David
Researcher: Bysting, Anne Krag
Other: David, Marie
Data Collector: Hofton, Tom Hellik |
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Funding Information
| The Royal Ministry of Education and Research (Norway), University of Oslo |
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Distributor
| University of Oslo (UiO) https://dataverse.no/dataverse/uio |
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Depositor
| Ekeberg, Ingvild Myhre |
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Deposit Date
| 2025-11-21 |
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Time Period
| Start Date: 2020-10-01; End Date: 2025-12-01 |
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Date of Collection
| Start Date: 2020-10-01; End Date: 2025-12-01 |
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Data Type
| Whole genome sequencing data; VCF |
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Software
| BWA, Version: 0.7.17
SAMtools, Version: 1.16.1
BCFtools, Version: 1.15.1
VCFtools, Version: 0.1.16 |