Title
Genetic variation and phylogeography of the Triatoma dimidiata complex evidence a potential center of origin and recent divergence of haplogroups having differential Trypanosoma cruzi and DTU infections
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pech-May A.
Mazariegos-Hidalgo C.J.
Izeta-Alberdi A.
López-Cancino S.A.
Tun-Ku E.
de la Cruz-Félix K.
González Ittig R.E.
Ramsey J.M.
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV)
Publisher(s)
Public Library of Science
Abstract
The population genetics of Triatoma dimidiata haplogroups was analyzed at landscape and sub-regional scales in Chiapas and regional level across the Mexican Neotropics, and phylogeography of the complex was re-analyzed across its complete geographic range. Two contiguous fragments of the ND4 gene were analyzed due to bias from differential haplogroup specificity using a previously designed sequence. At both landscape (anthropic modification gradient) and regional (demographic, fragmentation, biogeographic, climate) scales, lowest T. dimidiata genetic diversity occurs where there is greatest historical anthropic modification, and where T. cruzi infection prevalence is significantly highest. Trypanosoma cruzi prevalence was significantly higher than expected in haplogroups 1 and 3, while lower than expected in haplogroup 2. There was also a significant difference of DTUI and DTUVI infection frequencies in both haplogroups 1 and 3, while no difference of either in haplogroup 2. All haplogroups from the Mexican Neotropics had moderate to high haplotype diversity, while greatest genetic differentiation was between haplogroups 1 and 3 (above F ST = 0.868, p < 0.0001). Divergence of the complex from the MRCA was estimated between 0.97 MYA (95% HPD interval = 0.55-1.53 MYA) and 0.85 MYA (95% HPD interval = 0.42-1.5 MYA) for ND4A and both concatenated fragments, respectively, with primary divergence from the MRCA of haplogroups 2 and 3. Effective population size for Mexican haplogroups 1 and 2 increased between 0.02 and 0.03 MYA. This study supports previous ecological niche evidence for the complex´s origin surrounding the Tehuantepec Isthmus, and provides evidence for recent divergence of three primary dimidiata haplogroups, with differential T. cruzi infection frequency and DTU specificity, important components of vector capacity.
Volume
13
Issue
1
Number
e0007044
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Demografía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85061250684
PubMed ID
Source
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
ISSN of the container
19352727
Sponsor(s)
The complete study was funded by 3 projects to JMR, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT) Mexico, FOSSIS #161405, CONACyT SEPBasico #166828, andCONACyT FOSSIS # 261006. AIA received a doctoral scholarship from CONACyT # 410717 and APM receives a doctoral scholarship from CONICET. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors would like to thank Antoñio López Morales and María Belem Puerto Avila for their help in field work and David A. Moo-Llanes and Marília Melo Favalesso for mapping support.
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