title: Natural and Anthropogenic Hybridization in Two Species of Eastern Brazilian Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus and C. penicillata).
abstract: Animal hybridization is well documented, but evolutionary outcomes and conservation priorities often differ for natural and anthropogenic hybrids. Among primates, an order with many endangered species, the two contexts can be hard to disentangle from one another, which carries important conservation implications. Callithrix marmosets give us a unique glimpse of genetic hybridization effects under distinct natural and human-induced contexts. Here, we use a 44 autosomal microsatellite marker panel to examine genome-wide admixture levels and introgression at a natural C. jacchus and C. penicillata species border along the São Francisco River in NE Brazil and in an area of Rio de Janeiro state where humans introduced these species exotically. Additionally, we describe for the first time autosomal genetic diversity in wild C. penicillata and expand previous C. jacchus genetic data. We characterize admixture within the natural zone as bimodal where hybrid ancestry is biased toward one parental species or the other. We also show evidence that São Francisco River islands are gateways for bidirectional gene flow across the species border. In the anthropogenic zone, marmosets essentially form a hybrid swarm with intermediate levels of admixture, likely from the absence of strong physical barriers to interspecific breeding. Our data show that while hybridization can occur naturally, the presence of physical, even if leaky, barriers to hybridization is important for maintaining species genetic integrity. Thus, we suggest further study of hybridization under different contexts to set well informed conservation guidelines for hybrid populations that often fit somewhere between "natural" and "man-made."
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa MG, Brazil; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, United States of America.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malukiewicz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vanner
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Boere
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lisieux F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Fuzessy
authors.affiliation: Ciências Ambientias, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Grativol
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ita
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Oliveira E Silva
authors.affiliation: Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna da Caatinga, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz C M
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Ciências Ambientias, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Miranda
authors.affiliation: Centro de Reabilitação de Animais Silvestres do Santuário dos Três Reinos, Recife PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Yuri M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Valença
authors.affiliation: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, United States of America.
authors.forename: Anne C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002144:Callithrix / Q000235:genetics*; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic