Recombination:The good, the bad and the variable

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genotype file Pundamilia

vcf file containing 7401 genotypes of 224 Pundamilia individual

P_nyererei reference v2

Fasta file of the improved Pundamilia reference genome (v2.0

marker position Pundamilia linkage map

Text file giving the position of 1,597 loci on the Pundamilia linkage map and the respective positions on Pundamilia and Oreochromis reference

chain file converting P_nyererei_v1 to v2

Chain files to convert position between original (v1.0) and new reference (v2.0) of Pundamili

phenotypes for Pundamilia cross

phenotypes for 224 Pundamilia individuals containing id, sex, size, and family i

P_nyererei_v2 annotation

Annotation file matching reference v2.0 position based on NCBI annotation release 10

recombination rates Pundamilia

Text file giving the extrapolated recombination rates along Pundamilia reference genom

chain file converting P_nyererei_v2 to v1

Chain files to convert position between new reference (v2.0) and original (v1.0) of Pundamili

Data from: Genomic insights into the vulnerability of sympatric whitefish species flocks

The erosion of habitat heterogeneity can reduce species diversity directly but can also lead to the loss of distinctiveness of sympatric species through speciation reversal. We know little about changes in genomic differentiation during the early stages of these processes, which can be mediated by anthropogenic perturbation. Here, we analyse three sympatric whitefish species (Coregonus spp) sampled across two neighbouring and connected Swiss pre-alpine lakes, which have been differentially affected by anthropogenic eutrophication. Our data set comprises 16,173 loci genotyped across 138 whitefish using restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (RADseq). Our analysis suggests that in each of the two lakes the population of a different, but ecologically similar, whitefish species declined following a recent period of eutrophication. Genomic signatures consistent with hybridisation are more pronounced in the more severely impacted lake. Comparisons between sympatric pairs of whitefish species with contrasting ecology, where one is shallow benthic and the other one more profundal pelagic, reveal genomic differentiation that is largely correlated along the genome, while differentiation is uncorrelated between pairs of allopatric provenance with similar ecology. We identify four genomic loci that provide evidence of parallel divergent adaptation between the shallow benthic species and the two different more profundal species. Functional annotations available for two of those loci are consistent with divergent ecological adaptation. Our genomic analysis indicates the action of divergent natural selection between sympatric whitefish species in pre-alpine lakes and reveals the vulnerability of these species to anthropogenic alterations of the environment and associated adaptive landscape