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Pérez‐Pérez MA, Yu W. Pleistocene origin and colonization history of Lobelia columnaris Hook. f. (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) across sky islands of West Central Africa. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:15860-15873. [PMID: 34824795 PMCID: PMC8601881 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We aimed to infer ancestral area and historical colonization of Lobelia columnaris in the sky islands of Bioko and Cameroon through dated phylogeny using chloroplast genomes. Specifically, we aim to answer the following questions: (1) What are the phylogenetic relationships among Bioko Island and Cameroon populations? (2) Are the older populations found in the older sky islands? We assembled novel plastomes from 20 individuals of L. columnaris from 5 mountain systems. The plastome data were explored with phylogenetic analyses using Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference. The populations of L. columnaris have a monophyletic origin, subdivided into three plastomes-geographic clades. The plastid phylogenomic results and age of the sky islands indicate that L. columnaris colonized first along with the Cameroon Volcanic Line's young sky islands of Bioko. The crown group (1.54 Ma) split the population in Bioko and mainland Cameroon. It is possible that Bioko was the ancestral area and likely isolated during cold and dry conditions in forest refugia. Presumably, the colonization history occurred during the middle-late Pleistocene from South Bioko's young sky island to North Bioko and the northern old sky islands in Cameroon. Furthermore, the central depression with lowland forest between North and South Bioko is a current geographic barrier that keeps separating the populations of Bioko from each other. Also, the shallow sea channel keeps isolated the populations of Bioko and the mainland populations. The Pleistocene climatic oscillations led to the divergence of the Cameroon and Bioko populations into three clades. L. columnaris colonized the older sky islands in mainland Cameroon after establishment in Bioko's younger sky islands. Contrary to expectations, the biogeography history was an inverse progression with respect to the age of the Afromontane sky islands.
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- Miguel A. Pérez‐Pérez
- Department of Biological SciencesNorthern Arizona UniversityFlagstaffArizonaUSA
- Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental ScienceDrexel UniversityPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Center for Integrative ConservationXishuangbanna Tropical Botanical GardenMenglaChina
- Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical GardensChinese Academy of SciencesMenglaChina
- Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research InstituteChinese Academy of ScienceYezinMyanmar
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Gene flow in phylogenomics: Sequence capture resolves species limits and biogeography of Afromontane forest endemic frogs from the Cameroon Highlands. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 163:107258. [PMID: 34252546 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Puddle frogs of the Phrynobatrachus steindachneri species complex are a useful group for investigating speciation and phylogeography in Afromontane forests of the Cameroon Volcanic Line, western Central Africa. The species complex is represented by six morphologically relatively cryptic mitochondrial DNA lineages, only two of which are distinguished at the species level - southern P. jimzimkusi and Lake Oku endemic P. njiomock, leaving the remaining four lineages identified as 'P. steindachneri'. In this study, the six mtDNA lineages are subjected to genomic sequence capture analyses and morphological examination to delimit species and to study biogeography. The nuclear DNA data (387 loci; 571,936 aligned base pairs) distinguished all six mtDNA lineages, but the topological pattern and divergence depths supported only four main clades: P. jimzimkusi, P. njiomock, and only two divergent evolutionary lineages within the four 'P. steindachneri' mtDNA lineages. One of the two lineages is herein described as a new species, P. amieti sp. nov. Reticulate evolution (hybridization) was detected within the species complex with morphologically intermediate hybrid individuals placed between the parental species in phylogenomic analyses, forming a ladder-like phylogenetic pattern. The presence of hybrids is undesirable in standard phylogenetic analyses but is essential and beneficial in the network multispecies coalescent. This latter approach provided insight into the reticulate evolutionary history of these endemic frogs. Introgressions likely occurred during the Middle and Late Pleistocene climatic oscillations, due to the cyclic connections (likely dominating during cold glacials) and separations (during warm interglacials) of montane forests. The genomic phylogeographic pattern supports the separation of the southern (Mt. Manengouba to Mt. Oku) and northern mountains at the onset of the Pleistocene. Further subdivisions occurred in the Early Pleistocene, separating populations from the northernmost (Tchabal Mbabo, Gotel Mts.) and middle mountains (Mt. Mbam, Mt. Oku, Mambilla Plateau), as well as the microendemic lineage restricted to Lake Oku (Mt. Oku). This unique model system is highly threatened as all the species within the complex have exhibited severe population declines in the past decade, placing them on the brink of extinction. In addition, Mount Oku is identified to be of particular conservation importance because it harbors three species of this complex. We, therefore, urge for conservation actions in the Cameroon Highlands to preserve their diversity before it is too late.
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Migliore J, Lézine AM, Hardy OJ. The recent colonization history of the most widespread Podocarpus tree species in Afromontane forests. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2020; 126:73-83. [PMID: 32193530 PMCID: PMC7304463 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Afromontane forests host a unique biodiversity distributed in isolated high-elevation habitats within a matrix of rain forests or savannahs, yet they share a remarkable flora that raises questions about past connectivity between currently isolated forests. Here, we focused on the Podocarpus latifolius-P. milanjianus complex (Podocarpaceae), the most widely distributed conifers throughout sub-Saharan African highlands, to infer its demographic history from genetic data. METHODS We sequenced the whole plastid genome, mitochondrial DNA regions and nuclear ribosomal DNA of 88 samples from Cameroon to Angola in western Central Africa and from Kenya to the Cape region in eastern and southern Africa to reconstruct time-calibrated phylogenies and perform demographic inferences. KEY RESULTS We show that P. latifolius and P. milanjianus form a single species, whose lineages diverged during the Pleistocene, mostly between approx, 200 000 and 300 000 years BP, after which they underwent a wide range expansion leading to their current distributions. Confronting phylogenomic and palaeoecological data, we argue that the species originated in East Africa and reached the highlands of the Atlantic side of Africa through two probable latitudinal migration corridors: a northern one towards the Cameroon volcanic line, and a southern one towards Angola. Although the species is now rare in large parts of its range, no demographic decline was detected, probably because it occurred too recently to have left a genetic signature in our DNA sequences. CONCLUSIONS Despite the ancient and highly fluctuating history of podocarps in Africa revealed by palaeobotanical records, the extended distribution of current P. latifolius/milanjianus lineages is shown to result from a more recent history, mostly during the mid-late Pleistocene, when Afromontane forests were once far more widespread and continuous.
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- Jérémy Migliore
- Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN/IPSL), CNRS UMR, Paris, France
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences, Service Evolution Biologique et Ecologie, Bruxelles, Belgium
- Muséum départemental du Var, Toulon, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN/IPSL), CNRS UMR, Paris, France
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences, Service Evolution Biologique et Ecologie, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Hegde S, Pai SR, Bhagwat RM, Saini A, Rathore PK, Jalalpure SS, Hegde HV, Sugunan AP, Gupta VS, Kholkute SD, Roy S. Genetic and phytochemical investigations for understanding population variability of the medicinally important tree Saraca asoca to help develop conservation strategies. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2018; 156:43-54. [PMID: 30189346 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2018.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde (Caesalpiniaceae) is a highly traded IUCN red listed tree species used in Ayurvedic medicines for the treatment of various disorders, especially gynaecological problems. However, information about the genetic variations between populations and corresponding variation in specialized metabolites of S. asoca remains unclear. To address this issue, we analysed 11 populations of S. asoca with 106 accessions collected from Western Ghats of India using ISSR markers along with selected phytocompounds using RP-HPLC. Twenty primers were screened, out of which seven were selected for further analysis based on generation of clear polymorphic banding patterns. These seven ISSR primers produced 74 polymorphic loci. AMOVA showed 43% genetic variation within populations and 57% among the populations of S. asoca. To estimate the genetic relationships among S. asoca populations, UPGMA and Bayesian Models were constructed, which revealed two clusters of similar grouping patterns. However, excluding minor deviations, UPGMA and dissimilarity analysis showed close association of genotypes according to their geographical locations. Catechin (CAT), epicatechin (EPI) and gallic acid (GA) were quantified from bark and leaf samples of corresponding genotypes collected from 106 accessions. ROC plots depicted the sensitivity and specificity of the concentrations of tested phytocompounds at various cut-off points. Although, multiple logistic regression analysis predicted some association between few loci with GA, EPI and CAT, but PCA for phytochemical data failed to distinguish the populations. Overall, there were no significant trends observed to distinguish the populations based on these phytocompounds. Furthermore, the study advocates the delineate provenance regions of S. asoca genotypes/chemotype snapshots for in-situ conservation and ex-situ cultivation.
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- Satisha Hegde
- ICMR - National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, Government of India, Belagavi, Karnataka, 590010, India; KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (Deemed-to-be-University), Dr. Prabhakar Kore Basic Science Research Center, Belagavi, Karnataka, 590010, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Mumbai - Pune Expressway, Bhatan, Post - Somathne, Panvel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410206, India
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- Plant Molecular Biology Group, Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India
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- ICMR - National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, Government of India, Belagavi, Karnataka, 590010, India
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- ICMR - National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, Government of India, Belagavi, Karnataka, 590010, India
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- KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (Deemed-to-be-University), Dr. Prabhakar Kore Basic Science Research Center, Belagavi, Karnataka, 590010, India; Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, College of Pharmacy, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (Deemed-to-be-University), Belagavi, Karnataka, 590010, India
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- ICMR - National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, Government of India, Belagavi, Karnataka, 590010, India
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- Division of Epidemiology, RMRC-NIE-LRU, National Institute of Epidemiology, Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, Government of India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600 077, India
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- Plant Molecular Biology Group, Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India
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- ICMR - National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, Government of India, Belagavi, Karnataka, 590010, India
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- ICMR - National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, Government of India, Belagavi, Karnataka, 590010, India.
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Koech G, Ofori D, Muigai AWT, Muriuki J, Anjarwalla P, De Leeuw J, Mowo JG. Variation in the response of eastern and southern Africa provenances of Faidherbia albida (Delile A. Chev) seedlings to water supply: A greenhouse experiment. Glob Ecol Conserv 2017; 8:31-40. [PMID: 28203619 PMCID: PMC5291319 DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2016.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Revised: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Rural communities value Faidherbia albida in farming systems and pastoralism. Faidherbia albida provides products such as medicine, fodder, fuel, wood, food and services such as shade, soil fertility and nutrient cycling. Excessive browsing by animals, branch lopping and pod harvesting, have critically reduced the natural regeneration in some areas which exposes it to challenges due to dependence upon natural regeneration. The objective of this research was to evaluate response of Faidherbia albida provenances from eastern (Taveta Wangingombe) and southern Africa (Lupaso, Kuiseb Manapools) to different watering regimes to aid in selection of provenances for domestication. The observed difference in growth was analyzed to determine whether they are genetic or environmentally induced. Genotype × interaction were significant at (p≤0.001, p≤0.05) in seedling height, diameter and leaf numbers. Seedling height (r=0.94 p=0.001) recorded the highest correlation coefficient among all the growth variables analyzed. The growth variation was greater for seedling height than that of diameter and leaf numbers (h2=0.97). Hierarchical cluster analysis grouped the provenances into three clusters with cluster iii consisting of Taveta, Kuiseb and Lupaso while cluster ii and i composed of Wangingombe and Manapools respectively. Manapools recorded the highest genetic distance from Taveta, Kuiseb and Lupaso at 84.55 units. Wangingombe and Manapools are closely related genetically at a distance of 7.32. The maximum inter-cluster distance between cluster i and iii indicated wider genetic diversity between the provenances in these clusters and selection should be from this clusters for hybridization program to achieve novel breeds.
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- Grace Koech
- World Agroforestry Centre, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. BOX 62000-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, P. O. Box UP 63, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. BOX 62000-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- World Agroforestry Centre, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- World Agroforestry Centre, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- World Agroforestry Centre, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- World Agroforestry Centre, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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Jaros U, Fischer GA, Pailler T, Comes HP. Spatial patterns of AFLP diversity in Bulbophyllum occultum (Orchidaceae) indicate long-term refugial isolation in Madagascar and long-distance colonization effects in La Réunion. Heredity (Edinb) 2016; 116:434-46. [PMID: 26883184 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2016.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Bulbophyllum occultum, an epiphytic orchid mainly distributed in the rainforests of (north)eastern Madagascar and La Réunion, represents an interesting model case for testing the effects of anthropogenic vs historical (e.g., climate induced) habitat isolation and long-distance colonization on the genetic structure of plant species with disjunct distributions in the Madagascan region. To this aim, we surveyed amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) across 13 populations in Madagascar and nine in La Réunion (206 individuals in total). We found overall high levels of population subdivision (Φ(PT)=0.387) and low within-population diversity (H(E), range: 0.026-0.124), indicating non-equilibrium conditions in a mainly selfing species. There was no impact of recent deforestation (Madagascar) or habitat disturbance (La Réunion) detectable on AFLP diversity. K-means clustering and BARRIER analyses identified multiple gene pools and several genetic breaks, both within and among islands. Inter-island levels of population genetic diversity and subdivision were similar, whereby inter-individual divergence in flower colour explained a significant part of gene pool divergence in La Réunion. Our results suggest that (i) B. occultum persisted across multiple isolated ('refugial') regions along the eastern rainforest corridor of Madagascar over recent climatic cycles and (ii) populations in La Réunion arose from either single or few independent introductions from Madagascar. High selfing rates and sufficient time for genetic drift likely promoted unexpectedly high population genetic and phenotypic (flower colour) differentiation in La Réunion. Overall, this study highlights a strong imprint of history on the genetic structure of a low-gene-dispersing epiphytic orchid from the Madagascan region.
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- U Jaros
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Corporation, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong, SAR
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- UMR CIRAD-université de La Réunion. Peuplements Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical, Le Tampon, Réunion, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Shabir PA, Nawchoo IA, Wani AA, Bhat MA, Hamid A, Rather AA. Relative contribution of breeding system and species rarity to genetic differentiation in Inula racemosa Hook. f. (Asteraceae). RUSS J ECOL+ 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s1067413615060156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bodeker G, van 't Klooster C, Weisbord E. Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman: the overexploitation of a medicinal plant species and its legal context. J Altern Complement Med 2014; 20:810-22. [PMID: 25225776 DOI: 10.1089/acm.2013.0459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The linkage between herbal medicines and the sustainability of medical plants from which they are manufactured is increasingly being understood and receiving attention through international accords and trade labeling systems. However, little attention is paid to the fair trade aspects of this sector, including the issue of benefit-sharing agreements with traditional societies whose knowledge and resources are being exploited for commercial herbal medicine development and production. This article examines the case of Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman, from equatorial Africa. While the conservation and cultivation dimension of the trade in P. africana has been much discussed in literature, no research appears to have focused on the traditional resource rights and related ethical dimensions of this trade in traditional medicine of Africa. Serving as a cautionary tale for the unbridled exploitation of medicinal plants, the history of P. africana extraction is considered here in the context of relevant treaties and agreements existing today. These include the Nagoya Protocol, a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement from the World Trade Organization, and two African regional frameworks: the Swakopmund Protocol and the Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle Initiative. In the context of strengthening medicinal plant research in Africa, a novel international capacity-building project on traditional medicines for better public health in Africa will be discussed, illustrating how access and benefit sharing principles might be incorporated in future projects on traditional medicines.
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- Gerard Bodeker
- 1 Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Oxford , Oxford, United Kingdom
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Vinceti B, Loo J, Gaisberger H, van Zonneveld MJ, Schueler S, Konrad H, Kadu CAC, Geburek T. Conservation priorities for Prunus africana defined with the aid of spatial analysis of genetic data and climatic variables. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59987. [PMID: 23544118 PMCID: PMC3609728 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 02/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Conservation priorities for Prunus africana, a tree species found across Afromontane regions, which is of great commercial interest internationally and of local value for rural communities, were defined with the aid of spatial analyses applied to a set of georeferenced molecular marker data (chloroplast and nuclear microsatellites) from 32 populations in 9 African countries. Two approaches for the selection of priority populations for conservation were used, differing in the way they optimize representation of intra-specific diversity of P. africana across a minimum number of populations. The first method (S1) was aimed at maximizing genetic diversity of the conservation units and their distinctiveness with regard to climatic conditions, the second method (S2) at optimizing representativeness of the genetic diversity found throughout the species' range. Populations in East African countries (especially Kenya and Tanzania) were found to be of great conservation value, as suggested by previous findings. These populations are complemented by those in Madagascar and Cameroon. The combination of the two methods for prioritization led to the identification of a set of 6 priority populations. The potential distribution of P. africana was then modeled based on a dataset of 1,500 georeferenced observations. This enabled an assessment of whether the priority populations identified are exposed to threats from agricultural expansion and climate change, and whether they are located within the boundaries of protected areas. The range of the species has been affected by past climate change and the modeled distribution of P. africana indicates that the species is likely to be negatively affected in future, with an expected decrease in distribution by 2050. Based on these insights, further research at the regional and national scale is recommended, in order to strengthen P. africana conservation efforts.
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Kadu CAC, Konrad H, Schueler S, Muluvi GM, Eyog-Matig O, Muchugi A, Williams VL, Ramamonjisoa L, Kapinga C, Foahom B, Katsvanga C, Hafashimana D, Obama C, Geburek T. Divergent pattern of nuclear genetic diversity across the range of the Afromontane Prunus africana mirrors variable climate of African highlands. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2013; 111:47-60. [PMID: 23250908 PMCID: PMC3523648 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Afromontane forest ecosystems share a high similarity of plant and animal biodiversity, although they occur mainly on isolated mountain massifs throughout the continent. This resemblance has long provoked questions on former wider distribution of Afromontane forests. In this study Prunus africana (one of the character trees of Afromontane forests) is used as a model for understanding the biogeography of this vegetation zone. METHODS Thirty natural populations from nine African countries covering a large part of Afromontane regions were analysed using six nuclear microsatellites. Standard population genetic analysis as well as Bayesian and maximum likelihood models were used to infer genetic diversity, population differentiation, barriers to gene flow, and recent and all migration among populations. KEY RESULTS Prunus africana exhibits strong divergence among five main Afromontane regions: West Africa, East Africa west of the Eastern Rift Valley (ERV), East Africa east of the ERV, southern Africa and Madagascar. The strongest divergence was evident between Madagascar and continental Africa. Populations from West Africa showed high similarity with East African populations west of the ERV, whereas populations east of the ERV are closely related to populations of southern Africa, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The observed patterns indicate divergent population history across the continent most likely associated to Pleistocene changes in climatic conditions. The high genetic similarity between populations of West Africa with population of East Africa west of the ERV is in agreement with faunistic and floristic patterns and provides further evidence for a historical migration route. Contrasting estimates of recent and historical gene flow indicate a shift of the main barrier to gene flow from the Lake Victoria basin to the ERV, highlighting the dynamic environmental and evolutionary history of the region.
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- Caroline A. C. Kadu
- Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Department of Forest Genetics, Hauptstraße 7, A-1140 Vienna, Austria
- Kenyatta University, PO Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Department of Forest Genetics, Hauptstraße 7, A-1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Department of Forest Genetics, Hauptstraße 7, A-1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Bioversity International SSA, c/o CIFOR Regional Office, PO Box 2008, Messa, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Silo National des Graines Forestieres (SNGF), PO Box 5091, Antananarivo-101, Madagascar
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- Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI), PO Box 1854, Morogoro, Tanzania
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- Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), PO Box 2123 or 2067, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Science (Forestry Unit), Bindura University of Science Education, P. Bag 1020, Bindura, Zimbabwe
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- National Forestry Resources Research Institute (NaFORRI), PO Box 1752, Kampala, Uganda
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- Coordinador Nacional de la COMIFAC Ministerio de Agricultura y Bosques BP 207, Bata, Equatorial Guinea
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- Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Department of Forest Genetics, Hauptstraße 7, A-1140 Vienna, Austria
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Ward D, Shrestha MK, Golan-Goldhirsh A. Evolution and ecology meet molecular genetics: adaptive phenotypic plasticity in two isolated Negev desert populations of Acacia raddiana at either end of a rainfall gradient. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2012; 109:247-55. [PMID: 22039007 PMCID: PMC3241593 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/26/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The ecological, evolutionary and genetic bases of population differentiation in a variable environment are often related to the selection pressures that plants experience. We compared differences in several growth- and defence-related traits in two isolated populations of Acacia raddiana trees from sites at either end of an extreme environmental gradient in the Negev desert. METHODS We used random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) to determine the molecular differences between populations. We grew plants under two levels of water, three levels of nutrients and three levels of herbivory to test for phenotypic plasticity and adaptive phenotypic plasticity. KEY RESULTS The RAPD analyses showed that these populations are highly genetically differentiated. Phenotypic plasticity in various morphological traits in A. raddiana was related to patterns of population genetic differentiation between the two study sites. Although we did not test for maternal effects in these long-lived trees, significant genotype × environment (G × E) interactions in some of these traits indicated that such plasticity may be adaptive. CONCLUSIONS The main selection pressure in this desert environment, perhaps unsurprisingly, is water. Increased water availability resulted in greater growth in the southern population, which normally receives far less rain than the northern population. Even under the conditions that we defined as low water and/or nutrients, the performance of the seedlings from the southern population was significantly better, perhaps reflecting selection for these traits. Consistent with previous studies of this genus, there was no evidence of trade-offs between physical and chemical defences and plant growth parameters in this study. Rather, there appeared to be positive correlations between plant size and defence parameters. The great variation in several traits in both populations may result in a diverse potential for responding to selection pressures in different environments.
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- David Ward
- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P. Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa.
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Rivers MC, Brummitt NA, Lughadha EN, Meagher TR. Genetic variation in Delonix s.l. (Leguminosae) in Madagascar revealed by AFLPs: fragmentation, conservation status and taxonomy. CONSERV GENET 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0234-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Microsatellite loci from Taxus chinensis var. mairei (Taxaceae), an endangered and economically important tree species in China. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11515-009-0013-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Navarro-Cerrillo RM, Clemente M, Padrón E, Hernandez-Bermejo E, Garcia-Ferrer A, Kasimis N. Forest structure in harvested sites of Afromontane forest ofPrunus africana[Hook.f.] Kalkm., in Bioko (Equatorial Guinea). Afr J Ecol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00944.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Human disturbance reduces genetic diversity of an endangered tropical tree, Prunus africana (Rosaceae). CONSERV GENET 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9343-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hovmalm HAP, Jeppsson N, Bartish IV, Nybom H. RAPD analysis of diploid and tetraploid populations of Aronia points to different reproductive strategies within the genus. Hereditas 2005; 141:301-12. [PMID: 15703047 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2004.01772.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Plant breeding in black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is based mainly on seedlings derived from domesticated Russian plants. Previous studies have, however, demonstrated very low levels of phenotypic variation within this gene pool. The present investigation was undertaken in order to study the genetic structure in native populations growing in North America. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) marker variation was analysed in eight populations (three or five mother plants/population and five seedlings/mother plant) and compared with the variation in four cultivars and 15 seedlings derived from a Russian plantation. The four cultivars and all the Russian seedlings turned out to have identical RAPD profiles. In the native plant material, there were two types of mother plants: diploid plants that produced very heterogeneous offspring and tetraploid plants that produced homogeneous offspring. Partitioning of variability based on Shannon's diversity index attributed approx. 22% of the variation to the among-population level in diploids, compared to approx. 55% in the tetraploids. However, the diploid populations and the tetraploid populations did not differ significantly in within-population variation. These results prompted a second set of RAPD analyses, which were carried out on offspring obtained through open pollination of the initially examined material when growing in an experimental field. The analyses showed that tetraploid plants produced tetraploid offspring that, with few exceptions, were identical, indicating apomixis, whereas offspring of diploid plants were diploid or triploid, and highly heterogeneous, indicating outcrossing. Presumably, the tetraploid form of Aronia is an allopolyploid, with A. melanocarpa as one of the parents.
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- Helena A Persson Hovmalm
- Department of Crop Science-Balsgård, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Kristianstad, Sweden.
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Stewart KM. The African cherry (Prunus africana): can lessons be learned from an over-exploited medicinal tree? JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2003; 89:3-13. [PMID: 14522426 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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For the last 35 years, the African cherry (Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalm.) has been used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and other disorders. The bark, from which the treatment is derived, is entirely wild-collected. The major exporters of bark include Cameroon, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, and Kenya. Groupe Fournier of France and Indena of Italy produce 86% of the world's bark extract, both for their own products and for the free market. Worldwide exports of dried bark in 2000 have been estimated at 1350-1525 metric tons per year, down from its peak of 3225 tons in 1997. Bark extracts (6370-7225 kg per year) are worth an estimated $4.36 million US dollars per year. In 2000, Plantecam, the largest bark exporter in Africa, closed its extraction factory in Cameroon, due to complex ecological, social, and economic factors. Wild-collection is no longer sustainable (and probably never was) where harvest seriously affects morbidity and mortality rates of harvested populations. Since 1995, it has been included in CITES Appendix II as an endangered species. In this paper, alternatives to wild-collection to meet future market demand are investigated, including conservation practices, enrichment plantings, small- and large-scale production, and protection of genetic resources. The species is at the beginning of a transition from an exclusively wild-collected species to that of a cultivated medicinal tree.
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- K M Stewart
- Keith and Schnars, P.A. 6500 North Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
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Babin D, Andriantsilavo F, Aubert S, PÉchard G, Bourgeois C, Antona M, Béchaux E, Ramamonjisoa Ranaivoson L, Joly HI. Methods of rapid appraisal for in-situ management of genetic resources: a Malagasy set of tools. Genet Sel Evol 2001. [DOI: 10.1186/bf03500897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Jordano P, Godoy JA. RAPD variation and population genetic structure in Prunus mahaleb (Rosaceae), an animal-dispersed tree. Mol Ecol 2000; 9:1293-305. [PMID: 10972769 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.01009.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We examined the patterns of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) variation among seven Prunus mahaleb (Rosaceae) populations extending over approximately 100 km2 to examine local differentiation in relation to spatial isolation due to both geographical distance and differences in elevation. No less than 51. 4% of the RAPD loci were polymorphic, but very few were fixed and among-population variation accounted for 16.46% of variation in RAPD patterns. Mean gene diversity was 0.1441, with mean Nei's genetic diversity for individual populations ranging between 0.089 and 0.149. Mean GST value across loci was 0.1935 (range, 0.0162-0.4685), giving an average estimate for Nm of 1.191. These results suggest extensive gene flow among populations, but higher GST and lower Nm values relative to other outcrossing, woody species with endozoochorous dispersal, also suggest a process of isolation by distance. The combined effect of both geographical and elevation distances and nonoverlapping flowering and fruiting phenophases on the GST matrix was partially significant, revealing only marginal isolation of the P. mahaleb populations. The matrix correlation between estimated Nm values among populations and the geographical + elevation distance matrices (r = -0.4623, P = 0.07), suggests a marginal trend for more isolated populations to exchange less immigrants. Long-distance seed dispersal by efficient medium-sized frugivorous birds and mammals is most likely associated to the high levels of within-population genetic diversity. However, vicariance factors and demographic bottlenecks (high postdispersal seed and seedling mortality) explain comparatively high levels of local differentiation.
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- P Jordano
- Unidad de Biología Evolutiva, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apdo. 1056, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain.
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Lowe AJ, Gillies AC, Wilson J, Dawson IK. Conservation genetics of bush mango from central/west Africa: implications from random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis. Mol Ecol 2000; 9:831-41. [PMID: 10886647 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00936.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Genetic variation was assessed in the two bush mango species, Irvingia gabonensis and I. wombolu, valuable multipurpose fruit trees from central and west Africa that are currently undergoing domestication. A total of 130 individuals sampled from Cameroon, Nigeria and Gabon were analysed using 74 random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs). Significant genetic integrity was found in the two morphologically similar species (among-species analysis of molecular variance [AMOVA] variance component 25.8%, P < 0.001), with no evidence of hybridization, even between individuals from areas of sympatry where hybridization was considered probable. Results suggest that large-scale transplantation of either species into new habitats will probably not lead to genetic introgression from or into the other species. Therefore, subsequent cultivation of the two species should not be hindered by this consideration, although further studies on the potential for hybridization/introgression between these species would be prudent. Significant genetic differentiation of both species (among-countries within species, nested AMOVA variance component 9.8%, P < 0.001) was observed over the sampled regions, and genetic similarity of samples decreased significantly with increasing geographical distance, according to number of alleles in common (NAC) analysis. 'Hot spots' of genetic diversity were found clustered in southern Nigeria and southern Cameroon for I. wombolu, and in southern Nigeria, southern Cameroon and central Gabon for I. gabonensis. The possible reasons for this distribution of genetic variation are discussed, but it may reflect evolutionary history, as these populations occur in areas of postulated Pleistocene refugia. The application of these results to domestication programmes and, in the light of extensive deforestation in the region, conservation approaches, is discussed.
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- A J Lowe
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK.
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