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History and Structure of Sub-Saharan Populations of Drosophila melanogaster

John E. Pool and Charles F. Aquadro
Genetics October 1, 2006 vol. 174 no. 2 915-929; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.106.058693
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    Geographic location of population samples used in this study. Population samples are identified by the two-letter abbreviations given in Table 1.

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    Unrooted population distance tree generated by neighbor-joining analysis of FST values. Distance is indicated by the lengths of horizontal branches. Putatively admixed populations (Er, Ga, SA) are excluded.

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    Population membership in the genetic clusters identified by Structure. In each case, one of the two clusters is arbitrarily shown as shaded, the other as open. (A) Population ancestry for the K = 2 Structure analysis of cosmopolitan and sub-Saharan samples. (B) Population ancestry for the K = 2 Structure analysis of nonadmixed sub-Saharan samples only.

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    The relationship between interspecific divergence and proportion of singleton polymorphisms for 100-bp sections of the loci studied. The dashed line indicates the proportion of singletons expected in a neutral equilibrium population.

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    Hypothesized history of D. melanogaster and related species. (A) EOTYMS refers to the common ancestor of D. erecta, D. orena, D. teissieri, D. yakuba, D. melanogaster, and D. simulans, (along with the three known island endemic species), which reached Africa <20 MYA. (B) The split between the ancestor of D. melanogaster and D. simulans (MS) and the ancestor of D. erecta, D. orena, D. teissieri, and D. yakuba (EOTY) occurred ∼10–15 MYA, possibly associated with emergence of the East African Rift. (C) The divergence of D. melanogaster and D. simulans 2–6 MYA may have been initiated by the dispersal of the latter species to Madagascar or other Indian Ocean islands. (D) More recently, D. melanogaster expanded from eastern Africa into western Africa and Eurasia, and D. simulans expanded into continental Africa and Eurasia.

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  • TABLE 1

    Population samples included in this study

    AbbreviationCountryLocalitynaDate collectedCollector
    ChChinaBeijing109/1992X. Huang
    FrFranceBordeaux107/1998E. Gravot and M. Hamblin
    IsIsrael10
    TuTunisia9
    GuGuineaDondé106/2005B. B. Sow
    NrNigerKareygorou1012/2004D. Ali
    BnbBeninCotonou95/2004G. Goergen
    NgNigeriaMaiduguri109/2004D. Gwary and B. Sastawa
    CM, Cam–MCameroonMaroua103/2004J. Pool
    CD, Cam–DCameroonMbalang–Djalingo103/2004P. Konje and J. Pool
    CW, Cam–WCameroonMbengwi64/2004J. Pool and E. Ajeah
    CN, Cam–NCameroonNkouondja104/2004J. Pool
    CO, Cam–OCameroonOku104/2004J. Pool
    CY, Cam–YCameroonYokadouma84/2004P. Konje and J. Pool
    GaGabonN'Toum103/2002B. Ballard and S. Charlat
    CBcCongoBrazzaville101999J. David
    ErEritreaAsmara107/2004S. Ghebremeskel Hailu
    UgUgandaNamulonge104/2005J. Ogwang
    RwRwandaGisakura86/2005S. Margles
    KN,d Kenya–NKenyaNaivasha107/1988R. Woodruff
    KM, Kenya–MKenyaMalindi107/2002B. Ballard
    MwMalawiMwanza107/2001B. Ballard
    ZK, Zim–KZimbabweLake Kariba105/1994T. Mutangadura
    ZS, Zim–SZimbabweSengwa109/1990R. Ramey
    SASouth AfricaStellenbosch102/1999J. Lowe
    • ↵a Number of individuals sequenced (from separate isofemale lines).

    • ↵b Sample consists of seven isofemale lines from Benin and two isofemale lines from Kade, Ghana (F. Ansah and E. Okai, 9/2004).

    • ↵c Mass cultured for several generations before separation into isofemale lines.

    • ↵d Sample consists of six isofemale lines from Naivasha and four isofemale lines from North Kinangop, Kenya (sites <50 km apart).

  • TABLE 2

    Nucleotide-variation summary statistics (average across loci)

    PopulationanθwbπbTajDbVar (D)c
    China100.00360.0034−0.583.01
    France100.00300.00340.701.43
    Israel100.00460.0035−1.011.11
    Tunisia90.00500.0039−0.641.05
    Guinea100.00990.0089−0.570.25
    Niger100.00830.0072−0.550.25
    Benin90.00990.0091−0.390.37
    Nigeria100.01300.0104−0.840.39
    Cam–M100.00900.0075−0.780.24
    Cam–D100.01070.0093−0.500.09
    Cam–W60.01060.0101−0.330.20
    Cam–N100.01060.0094−0.550.27
    Cam–O100.01150.0097−0.770.14
    Cam–Y80.00960.0084−0.660.08
    Gabon100.00950.0078−0.850.53
    Congo100.00780.00860.332.49
    Eritrea100.00860.00920.330.25
    Uganda100.01210.0102−0.800.03
    Rwanda80.01010.01030.200.15
    Kenya–N100.00850.00860.060.05
    Kenya–M100.01230.0101−0.890.15
    Malawi100.01140.0098−0.690.10
    Zim–K100.01220.0105−0.620.11
    Zim–S100.01120.0104−0.360.14
    South Africa100.00960.0088−0.420.12
    • ↵a Population abbreviations are listed in Table 1. The four cosmopolitan populations are listed first; then the sub-Saharan populations are listed geographically from northwest to southeast.

    • ↵b Watterson's θ (θw, from the number of segregating sites), nucleotide diversity (π), and Tajima's D (TajD) are averaged across the four loci for each population.

    • ↵c Variance of the four locus-specific values of Tajima's D.

  • TABLE 3

    Pairwise FST (above diagonal) and P-values (below diagonal)

    PopulationChFrIsTuGuNrBnNgCMCDCNCOCYGaErUgRwKNKMMwZKZSSA
    China—0.5320.5240.4800.3770.3960.3750.3170.3870.2990.2840.3100.3030.3130.3460.2820.3010.3460.3180.3460.3210.3420.374
    France0.000—0.0090.0230.2770.2500.2620.2260.3020.2590.2650.2280.2750.2750.2380.2140.3010.2940.3370.3190.2880.3370.086
    Israel0.0000.331—0.0310.2980.2590.2600.2430.3240.2560.2640.2310.2640.2680.2470.2100.3150.2920.3490.3400.2900.3420.105
    Tunisia0.0000.2460.801—0.2770.2540.2510.2400.3060.2430.2580.2190.2540.2600.2390.1950.2900.2760.3150.3130.2600.3210.087
    Guinea0.0000.0000.0000.000—0.0290.0200.0050.0140.0300.0260.0110.0030.0830.1160.0190.0480.0760.0470.0440.0270.0650.085
    Niger0.0000.0000.0000.0000.089—0.0160.0130.0180.0150.0220.0110.0210.0300.1020.0100.0830.1040.1140.1140.0810.1140.080
    Benin0.0000.0000.0000.0000.1690.188—0.0070.0250.0420.0270.0150.0210.0550.1130.0020.0520.0590.0690.0590.0300.0710.064
    Nigeria0.0000.0000.0000.0000.3720.2250.314—−0.015−0.0010.001−0.0050.0080.0440.077−0.0060.0420.0480.0440.0310.0520.0570.066
    Cam–M0.0000.0000.0000.0000.2210.1610.0980.809—−0.006−0.0150.0080.0260.0270.132−0.0040.0530.0630.0520.0410.0520.0630.086
    Cam–D0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0800.1960.0270.4870.578—−0.0250.002−0.024−0.0040.080−0.0170.0350.0740.0550.0640.0380.0710.086
    Cam–N0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0950.1330.0970.4280.7450.895—0.003−0.010−0.0060.120−0.0210.0300.0690.0580.0640.0510.0670.092
    Cam–O0.0000.0000.0000.0000.2710.2360.1990.5980.3070.4130.396—0.0030.0270.090−0.0080.0490.0630.0600.0550.0400.0610.076
    Cam–Y0.0000.0000.0000.0000.3840.1670.1670.3220.1100.8550.6370.387—0.0130.111−0.0090.0540.0660.0570.0700.0470.0680.104
    Gabon0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0010.0610.0110.0100.0880.5590.5720.1000.245—0.1220.0170.0910.1230.1310.1390.1020.1310.116
    Eritrea0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0030.0020.0040.0120.0010.0090.0000.0030.0090.001—0.0870.1350.1610.1740.1650.1410.1800.134
    Uganda0.0000.0000.0000.0010.1420.2530.4200.6060.5530.8280.8700.6720.6390.1580.004—0.0130.0370.0320.0300.0200.0420.042
    Rwanda0.0000.0000.0000.0000.1060.0160.1140.1010.0890.1410.1780.0960.1210.0180.0030.266—0.0750.0180.0150.0220.0420.103
    Kenya–N0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0110.0010.0310.0410.0310.0120.0130.0130.0340.0010.0000.0840.048—0.0290.0400.0560.0680.101
    Kenya–M0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0140.0000.0010.0110.0070.0080.0100.0060.0120.0000.0000.0480.2130.126—−0.023−0.004−0.0070.102
    Malawi0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0210.0000.0010.0430.0150.0030.0030.0060.0050.0000.0000.0430.2440.0650.937—0.004−0.0120.104
    Zim–K0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0940.0010.0650.0040.0050.0370.0090.0240.0130.0000.0000.1360.2040.0230.5490.381—0.0090.063
    Zim–S0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0040.0000.0020.0010.0030.0000.0030.0090.0050.0000.0000.0190.1040.0070.6370.7510.291—0.097
    South Africa0.0000.0090.0020.0120.0010.0160.0060.0030.0020.0010.0020.0030.0020.0000.0010.0450.0100.0050.0010.0000.0100.002—
    • Population abbreviations are listed in Table 1.

  • TABLE 4

    Summary statistics indicating stable demographic history

    Populationaπ (rank)bMax. TajD (rank)cρ/π (rank)b
    Uganda0.0102 (5)−0.61 (1)13.0 (5)
    Kenya–M0.0101 (6)−0.40 (3)15.1 (4)
    Zim–K0.0105 (1)−0.25 (7)10.0 (10)
    Zim–S0.0104 (2)0.06 (14)15.4 (3)
    Malawi0.0098 (7)−0.33 (4)10.2 (8)
    Cam–O0.0097 (8)−0.40 (2)9.8 (11)
    Cam–D0.0093 (10)−0.12 (8)12.1 (7)
    Cam–M0.0075 (18)−0.27 (6)17.2 (2)
    Nigeria0.0104 (3)0.03 (12)5.8 (13)
    Benin0.0091 (12)0.42 (17)17.5 (1)
    Cam–Y0.0084 (16)−0.29 (5)10.0 (9)
    Cam–N0.0094 (9)0.00 (10)4.6 (14)
    Niger0.0072 (19)−0.01 (9)12.7 (6)
    Guinea0.0089 (13)0.05 (13)8.6 (12)
    S.Africa0.0088 (14)0.00 (11)4.2 (15)
    Rwanda0.0103 (4)0.71 (18)0.9 (19)
    Eritrea0.0092 (11)0.91 (19)2.7 (17)
    Gabon0.0078 (17)0.12 (15)3.1 (16)
    Kenya–N0.0086 (15)0.23 (16)1.3 (18)
    • Population abbreviations are listed in Table 1.

    • ↵a Populations are ordered according to the sum of their ranks for the three statistics presented.

    • ↵b Populations are ranked from highest to lowest values of π (averaged across loci) and ρ/π (composite likelihood for all four loci).

    • ↵c “Max. TajD” refers to the highest value of Tajima's D observed at any locus for the given population. These values are ranked from lowest to highest.

  • TABLE 5

    Differentiation of sub-Saharan populations from cosmopolitan populations

    PopulationaFST (rank)bSnn (rank)bShared polymorphism (rank)c
    Uganda0.212 (1)0.712 (1)43 (1)
    Cam–N0.235 (3)0.769 (3)37 (5)
    Nigeria0.233 (2)0.764 (2)36 (7)
    Cam–O0.238 (6)0.789 (5)37 (5)
    Cam–D0.237 (5)0.777 (4)35 (8)
    Zim–K0.276 (9)0.799 (7)41 (2)
    Guinea0.302 (12)0.811 (10)39 (3)
    Kenya–M0.307 (14)0.806 (8)38 (4)
    Malawi0.306 (13)0.799 (6)34 (9)
    Niger0.269 (7)0.810 (9)29 (14)
    Kenya–N0.279 (10)0.816 (12)34 (9)
    Cam–Y0.236 (4)0.822 (13)29 (14)
    Benin0.274 (8)0.832 (14)33 (11)
    Cam–M0.312 (15)0.812 (11)32 (13)
    Rwanda0.288 (11)0.865 (16)29 (14)
    Zim–S0.318 (16)0.863 (15)33 (11)
    Eritread0.2310.70239
    Gabond0.2310.74435
    South Africad0.1440.66842
    • Population abbreviations are listed in Table 1.

    • ↵a Populations are ordered according to the sum of their ranks for the three statistics presented.

    • ↵b FST and Snn values are arithmetic means of the four pairwise values from comparisons of the given sub-Saharan population with each of the four cosmopolitan populations. The 17 sub-Saharan populations are ranked starting from the lowest value (closest relationship).

    • ↵c Number of polymorphisms shared between the given sub-Saharan population and one or more of the cosmopolitan populations (total for all four loci).

    • ↵d Not ranked due to apparent cosmopolitan admixture.

  • TABLE 6

    Simulations showing the effect of population growth on the proportion of singleton polymorphisms observed in a sample of 240

    Time of growthaN ratiobProportion of singletonscP (sim > obs)d
    ——0.16610
    0.13330.10.25750
    0.13330.010.27260
    0.13330.0010.27450
    0.13330.00010.27480
    0.13330.000010.27480
    0.13330.0000010.27480
    0.013330.10.41470
    0.013330.010.51590.2315
    0.013330.0010.52890.4084
    0.013330.00010.53010.4204
    0.013330.000010.53060.4318
    0.013330.0000010.53040.4327
    0.0013330.10.37500
    0.0013330.010.74661
    0.0013330.0010.85811
    0.0013330.00010.87211
    0.0013330.000010.87321
    0.0013330.0000010.87341
    0.0001330.10.20450
    0.0001330.010.44960.0098
    0.0001330.0010.85291
    0.0001330.00010.96921
    0.0001330.000010.98291
    0.0001330.0000010.98431
    • ↵a The time, in coalescent units before the present, when an instantaneous population-size increase occurred.

    • ↵b The ratio of the preincrease population size to the postincrease population size.

    • ↵c The average proportion of singletons observed across 10,000 simulated replicates.

    • ↵d The proportion of simulated replicates that contained a greater proportion of singletons than the observed data.

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John E. Pool and Charles F. Aquadro
Genetics October 1, 2006 vol. 174 no. 2 915-929; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.106.058693
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History and Structure of Sub-Saharan Populations of Drosophila melanogaster

John E. Pool and Charles F. Aquadro
Genetics October 1, 2006 vol. 174 no. 2 915-929; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.106.058693
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