Browsing by Author "Guillemin, Marie-Laure"

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    After a catastrophe, a little bit of sex is better than nothing: Genetic consequences of a major earthquake on asexual and sexual populations
    (2020) Becheler, Ronan; Guillemin, Marie-Laure; Stoeckel, Solenn; Mauger, S.; Saunier, Alice; Brante Ramírez, Antonio Javier; Destombe, Christophe; Valero, Myriam
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    An Individual-Based Model of the Red Alga Agarophyton chilense Unravels the Complex Demography of Its Intertidal Stands
    (2022) Vieira, Vasco M. N. C. S.; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Huanel, Oscar R.; Guillemin, Marie-Laure
    Algal demographic models have been developed mainly to study their life cycle evolution or optimize their commercial exploitation. Most commonly, structured-aggregated population models simulate the main life cycle stages considering their fertility, growth and survival. Their coarse resolution results in weak predictive abilities since neglected details may still impact the whole. In our case, we need a model of Agarophyton chilense natural intertidal populations that unravels the complex demography of isomorphic biphasic life cycles and be further used for: (i) introduction of genetics, aimed at studying the evolutionary stability of life cycles, (ii) optimizing commercial exploitation, and (iii) adaptation for other species. Long-term monitoring yield 6,066 individual observations and 40 population observations. For a holistic perspective, we developed an Individual-Based Model (IBM) considering ploidy stage, sex stage, holdfast age and survival, frond size, growth and breakage, fecundity, spore survival, stand biomass, location and season. The IBM was calibrated and validated comparing observed and estimated sizes and abundances of gametophyte males, gametophyte females and tetrasporophytes, stand biomass, haploid:dipoid ratio (known as H:D or G:T), fecundity and recruitment. The IBM replicated well the respective individual and population properties, and processes such as winter competition for light, self-thinning, summer stress from desiccation, frond breakage and re-growth, and different niche occupation by haploids and diploids. Its success depended on simulating with precision details such as the holdfasts' dynamics. Because "details" often occur for a reduced number of individuals, inferring about them required going beyond statistically significant evidences and integrating these with parameter calibration aimed at maximized model fit. On average, the population was haploid-dominated (H:D > 1). In locations stressed by desiccation, the population was slightly biased toward the diploids and younger individuals due to the superior germination and survival of the diploid sporelings. In permanently submerged rock pools the population was biased toward the haploids and older individuals due to the superior growth and survival of the haploid adults. The IBM application demonstrated that conditional differentiation among ploidy stages was responsible for their differential niche occupation, which, in its turn, has been argued as the driver of the evolutionary stability of isomorphic biphasic life cycles.
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    Differential ecological responses to environmental stress in the life history phases of the isomorphic red alga Gracilaria chilensis (Rhodophyta)
    (2013) Guillemin, Marie-Laure; Sepulveda, Roger D.; Correa, Juan A.; Destombe, Christophe
    In order to better understand the alternation of generations that characterizes haploid-diploid life cycles, we assessed the existence of ecological differences between the two phases (haploid gametophyte and diploid tetrasporophyte) in Gracilaria chilensis, a rhodophyte with a typical Polysiphonia-type life cycle. We investigated the effect of light intensity and salinity on viability and growth of both phases at different ontogenetic stages: juveniles and adults. In our study, the survival of juvenile gametophytes (n) was higher than the survival of juvenile tetrasporophytes (2n) despite culture conditions; however, low salinity had greater effect on carpospores (2n) than on tetraspores (n). On the other hand, a complex interaction between salinity and light intensity within each life history phase generated observed differences between juvenile growth rates. Low light was shown to trigger early onset of alteration of the holdfast growing pattern. In addition, adult tetrasporophytes showed, despite the conditions, a faster vegetative growth than female and male gametophytes. These differences between phases could have led to the complete dominance of tetrasporophyte fragments of fronds observed in G. chilensis farms. We hypothesize that Chilean fishers could have unknowingly selected for tetrasporophyte thalli during domestication of the species, thus enhancing the natural trend of tetrasporophytes dominance already present in estuarine natural populations of free-floating plants.
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    Impact of persistent barrier to gene flow and catastrophic events on red algae evolutionary history along the Chilean coast
    (2024) Huanel, Oscar R.; Montecinos, Alejandro E.; Sepulveda-Espinoza, Francisco; Guillemin, Marie-Laure
    Historical vicariance events, linked to the existence of stable physical barriers to gene flow, generate concordant genetic breaks in co-distributed species while stochastic processes (e.g., costal uplift) could cause species-specific genetic breaks as a result of local strong demographic bottlenecks or extinction. In Chile, previous studies show that the area of the 30 degrees S-33 degrees S could correspond to a stable barrier to gene flow that have affected the genetic structure of various algae and marine invertebrates. Here we sequenced two organellar genes (COI and rbcL) in four taxonomically accepted co-distributed red seaweeds species characterized by a low dispersal potential: Mazzaella laminarioides, M. membranacea, Asterfilopsis disciplinalis, and Ahnfeltiopsis vermicularis. Our results revealed the existence of ten strongly differentiated linages in the taxa studied. Strong genetic breaks, concordant in both space and time (divergence estimated to have occurred some 2.9-12.4 million years ago), were observed between taxa distributed across the 33 degrees S. Conversely, in the Central/South part of the Chilean coast, the localization of the genetic breaks/sub-structure observed varied widely (36 degrees S, 38 degrees S, 39 degrees S, and 40 degrees S). These results suggest that a major historical vicariance event has modeled the genetic structure of several Chilean marine organisms in the north of the Chilean coast during the mid-Miocene, while more recent stochastic events and genetic drift could be the driving forces of genetic divergence/structuration in the central-southern part of the coast.
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    Molecular data reveal the presence of three Plocamium Lamouroux species with complex patterns of distribution in Southern Chile
    (2021) Montecinos, Alejandro E.; Huanel, Oscar R.; Ramirez, Maria E.; Guillemin, Marie-Laure
    Plocamium Lamouroux is a widespread genus for which 45 species are currently recognized. However, classical taxonomy based only on morphological characters, is problematic within this genus. The use of molecular tools has uncovered cryptic genetic species, mistakenly grouped under the name of morphological species that are common and widespread (induding the generitype Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) P.S.Dixon). The aim of this work was to evaluate the species diversity of Plocamium in Southern Chile. For this purpose, three independent molecular markers were sequenced in samples collected from seven populations located between 41 degrees S and 54 degrees S. The species diversity was evaluated using phylogenetic reconstructions and two independent methods for species delimitation (ABGD and GMYC). The outcomes of each method were congruent, suggesting the presence of three species in Southern Chile. One species, named Plocamium sp. 1, is restricted to Punta Guaban, the only locality sampled north of the biogeographic barrier of the 42 degrees S. The other two species, Plocamium sp. 2 and 3 are distributed in sympatry in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. The three Chilean species form a Bade phylogenetically close to sequences obtained from New Zealand and Australia and a divergence along the coasts of Chile after past transoceanic dispersal is proposed. We propose that divergence in glacial microrefugia could have subsequently happen in the southern part of the coast, this hypothesis being supported by the strong impact of glacial maxima on population dynamics, especially in Plocamium sp. 3.
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    Pre-domestication bottlenecks of the cultivated seaweed Gracilaria chilensis
    (2022) Huanel, Oscar R.; Quesada-Calderon, Suany; Molina, Cristian Rios; Morales-Gonzalez, Sarai; Saenz-Agudelo, Pablo; Nelson, Wendy A.; Arakaki, Natalia; Mauger, Stephane; Faugeron, Sylvain; Guillemin, Marie-Laure
    Gracilaria chilensis is the main cultivated seaweed in Chile. The low genetic diversity observed in the Chilean populations has been associated with the over-exploitation of natural beds and/or the founder effect that occurred during post-glacial colonization from New Zealand. How these processes have affected its evolutionary trajectory before farming and incipient domestication is poorly understood. In this study, we used 2232 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to assess how the species' evolutionary history in New Zealand (its region of origin), the founder effect linked to transoceanic dispersion and colonization of South America, and the recent over-exploitation of natural populations have influenced the genetic architecture of G. chilensis in Chile. The contrasting patterns of genetic diversity and structure observed between the two main islands in New Zealand attest to the important effects of Quaternary glacial cycles on G. chilensis. Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) analyses indicated that Chatham Island and South America were colonized independently near the end of the Last Glacial Maximum and emphasized the importance of coastal and oceanic currents during that period. Furthermore, ABC analyses inferred the existence of a recent and strong genetic bottleneck in Chile, matching the period of over-exploitation of the natural beds during the 1970s, followed by rapid demographic expansion linked to active clonal propagation used in farming. Recurrent genetic bottlenecks strongly eroded the genetic diversity of G. chilensis prior to its cultivation, raising important challenges for the management of genetic resources in this incipiently domesticated species.
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    Species replacement along a linear coastal habitat: phylogeography and speciation in the red alga Mazzaella laminarioidesalong the south east pacific
    (2012) Montecinos, Alejandro; Broitman Rojas, Bernardo Óscar; Faugeron, Sylvain Wielfrid; Haye, Pilar A; Tellier, Florence; Guillemin, Marie-Laure
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    The bladed Bangiales (Rhodophyta) of the South Eastern Pacific : Molecular species delimitation reveals extensive diversity
    (2016) Guillemin, Marie-Laure; Contreras Porcía, Loretto Matilde; Ramírez, María Eliana; Macaya, Erasmo C.; Bulboa Contador, Cristian; Woods, Helen; Wyatt, Christopher; Brodie, Juliet
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    The impact of Pleistocene glaciations and environmental gradients on the genetic structure of Embothrium coccineum
    (2022) Sepulveda-Espinoza, Francisco; Bertin-Benavides, Ariana; Hasbun, Rodrigo; Toro-Nunez, Oscar; Varas-Myrik, Antonio; Alarcon, Diego; Guillemin, Marie-Laure
    The South American temperate forests were subjected to drastic topographic and climatic changes during the Pliocene--Pleistocene as a consequence of the Andean orogeny and glacial cycles. Such changes are common drivers of genetic structure and adaptation. Embothrium coccineum (Proteaceae) is an emblematic tree of the South American temperate forest (around 20 degrees S of latitude) that has strongly been affected by topographic and climatic events. Previous studies have shown a marked genetic structure in this species, and distinct ecotypes have been described. Yet, little is known about their adaptive genetic responses. The main goal of this study was to investigate the effects of historical and contemporary landscape features affecting the genetic diversity and connectivity of E. coccineum throughout its current natural distribution. Using over 2000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), we identified two genetic groups (a Northern and a Central--Southern group) that diverged around 2.8 million years ago. The level of genetic structure was higher among populations within the Northern genetic group than within the Central--Southern group. We propose that these differences in genetic structure may be due to differences in the assemblages of pollinators and in the evolutionary histories of the two genetic groups. Moreover, the data displayed a strong pattern of isolation by the environment in E. coccineum, suggesting that selection could have led to adaptive divergence among localities. We propose that in the Chilean temperate forest, the patterns of genetic variation in E. coccineum reflect both a Quaternary phylogenetic imprint and signatures of selection as a consequence of a strong environmental gradient.
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    The Rhodoexplorer Platform for Red Algal Genomics and Whole-Genome Assemblies for Several Gracilaria Species
    (2023) Lipinska, Agnieszka P.; Krueger-Hadfield, Stacy A.; Godfroy, Olivier; Dittami, Simon M.; Ayres-Ostrock, Ligia; Bonthond, Guido; Brillet-Gueguen, Loraine; Coelho, Susana; Corre, Erwan; Cossard, Guillaume; Destombe, Christophe; Epperlein, Paul; Faugeron, Sylvain; Ficko-Blean, Elizabeth; Beltran, Jessica; Lavaut, Emma; Le Bars, Arthur; Marchi, Fabiana; Mauger, Stephane; Michel, Gurvan; Potin, Philippe; Scornet, Delphine; Sotka, Erik E.; Weinberger, Florian; de Oliveira, Mariana Cabral; Guillemin, Marie-Laure; Plastino, Estela M.; Valero, Myriam
    Macroalgal (seaweed) genomic resources are generally lacking as compared with other eukaryotic taxa, and this is particularly true in the red algae (Rhodophyta). Understanding red algal genomes is critical to understanding eukaryotic evolution given that red algal genes are spread across eukaryotic lineages from secondary endosymbiosis and red algae diverged early in the Archaeplastids. The Gracilariales is a highly diverse and widely distributed order including species that can serve as ecosystem engineers in intertidal habitats and several notorious introduced species. The genus Gracilaria is cultivated worldwide, in part for its production of agar and other bioactive compounds with downstream pharmaceutical and industrial applications. This genus is also emerging as a model for algal evolutionary ecology. Here, we report new whole-genome assemblies for two species (Gracilaria chilensis and Gracilaria gracilis), a draft genome assembly of Gracilaria caudata, and genome annotation of the previously published Gracilaria vermiculophylla genome. To facilitate accessibility and comparative analysis, we integrated these data in a newly created web-based portal dedicated to red algal genomics (https://rhodoexplorer.sb-roscoff.fr). These genomes will provide a resource for understanding algal biology and, more broadly, eukaryotic evolution.
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