Strong experimental support for the hologenome hypothesis revealed from Drosophila melanogaster selection lines
Kristensen, T. N.; Schonherz, A.; Rohde, P. D.; Sorensen, J. G.; Loeschcke, V.
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Recently it has been proposed, that the holobiont, i.e., the host and its associated microbiome, constitute a distinct biological entity, on which selection operates. This is a fascinating idea that so far has limited empirical justification. Here Drosophila melanogaster lines from a large-scale artificial selection experiment, where we selected for stress resistance traits and for longevity, were used to test the hologenome hypothesis. We raised flies from all selection regimes, including a regime where flies were kept at benign standard laboratory condition (control regime) throughout the duration of the experiment, under common garden conditions and sequenced the microbiome of the flies. We found abundant differences in microbial communities between control and selection regimes, but not between replicate lines within the regimes, and microbial diversity was higher in selected relative to control lines. Several major core Drosophila bacterial species were differentially abundant in the different selection regimes despite flies being exposed to similar nutritional and general environmental conditions. Our results support the idea that the host and microbiome genomes have evolved in concert and provide experimental support for the hologenome theory of evolution.
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