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Does the loss of diadromy imply the loss of salinity tolerance? A gene expression study with replicate nondiadromous populations of Galaxias maculatus
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NSTL
Wiley
Abstract The recurrent colonization of freshwater habitats and subsequent loss of diadromy is a major ecological transition that has been reported in many ancestrally diadromous fishes. Such residency is often accompanied by a loss of tolerance to seawater. The amphidromous Galaxias maculatus has repeatedly colonized freshwater streams with evidence that freshwater‐resident populations exhibit stark differences in their tolerance to higher salinities. Here, we used transcriptomics to gain insight into the mechanisms contributing to reduced tolerance to higher salinities in freshwater resident populations. We conducted an acute salinity challenge (0?ppt to 23–25?ppt) and measured osmoregulatory ability (muscle water content) over 48?h in three populations: diadromous, saltwater intolerant resident (Toltén), and saltwater tolerant resident (Valdivia). RNA sequencing of the gills identified genes that were differentially expressed in association with the salinity change and associated with the loss of saltwater tolerance in the Toltén population. Key genes associated with saltwater acclimation were characterized in diadromous G. maculatus individuals, some of which were also expressed in the saltwater tolerant resident population (Valdivia). We found that some of these “saltwater acclimation” genes, including the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene (CFTR), were not significantly upregulated in the saltwater intolerant resident population (Toltén), suggesting a potential mechanism for the loss of tolerance to higher salinities. As the suite of differentially expressed genes in the diadromous‐resident comparison differed between freshwater populations, we hypothesize that diadromy loss results in unique evolutionary trajectories due to drift, so the loss of diadromy does not necessarily lead to a loss in upper salinity tolerance.
fishgillloss of diadromyosmoregulationRNAseqsaltwater tolerance
M. Lisette Delgado、Aliro Manosalva、Mauricio A. Urbina、Anne?C. Dalziel、Evelyn Habit、Oscar Link、Daniel E. Ruzzante
NSTL
Wiley
