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Reyes-Proaño EG, Cañada-Bautista MG, Cornejo-Franco JF, Alvarez-Quinto RA, Mollov D, Sanchez-Timm E, Quito-Avila DF. The Virome of Babaco ( Vasconcellea × heilbornii) Expands to Include New Members of the Rhabdoviridae and Bromoviridae. Viruses 2023; 15:1380. [PMID: 37376679 DOI: 10.3390/v15061380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Babaco (Vasconcellea × heilbornii) is a subtropical species in the Caricaceae family. The plant is native to Ecuador and represents an important crop for hundreds of families. The objective of this study was to characterize, at the genomic level, two new babaco viruses identified by high-throughput sequencing. The viruses, an ilarvirus and a nucleorhabdovirus, were found in a symptomatic babaco plant from a commercial nursery in the Azuay province of Ecuador. The tripartite genome of the new ilarvirus, provisionally named babaco ilarvirus 1 (BabIV-1), is related to subgroup 3 ilarviruses, including apple mosaic virus, apple necrotic mosaic virus, and prunus necrotic ringspot virus as the closest relatives. The genome of the nucleorhabdovirus, provisionally named babaco nucleorhabdovirus 1 (BabRV-1), showed the closest relation with joa yellow blotch-associated virus and potato yellow dwarf nucleorhabdovirus. Molecular-based detection methods found BabIV-1 and BabRV-1 in 21% and 36%, respectively, of plants surveyed in a commercial babaco nursery, highlighting the importance of enforcing virus testing and nursery certification programs for babaco.
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- Edison G Reyes-Proaño
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, CIBE-ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, CIBE-ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
- Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, CIBE-ESPOL, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral Campus Gustavo Galindo, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador
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Zeng Q, Chen M, Wang S, Xu X, Li T, Xiang Z, He N. Comparative and phylogenetic analyses of the chloroplast genome reveal the taxonomy of the Morus genus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1047592. [PMID: 36507423 PMCID: PMC9729782 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1047592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Mulberry (genus Morus) is an economically important woody plant with an altered ploidy level. The variable number of Morus species recognized by different studies indicates that the genus is in need of revision. In this study, the chloroplast (CP) genomes of 123 Morus varieties were de novo assembled and systematically analyzed. The 123 varieties represented six Morus species, namely, Morus alba, Morus nigra, Morus notabilis, Morus rubra, Morus celtidifolia, and Morus serrata. The Morus CP genome was found to be 158,969~159,548 bp in size with 125 genes, including 81 protein coding, 36 tRNA, and 8 rRNA genes. The 87 out of 123 mulberry accessions were assigned to 14 diverse groups with identical CP genome, which indicated that they are maternally inherited and share 14 common ancestors. Then 50 diverse CP genomes occurred in 123 mulberry accessions for further study. The CP genomes of the Morus genus with a quadripartite structure have two inverted repeat (IR) regions (25,654~25,702 bp) dividing the circular genome into a large single-copy (LSC) region (87,873~88,243 bp) and small single-copy (SSC) region (19,740~19,994 bp). Analysis of the phylogenetic tree constructed using the complete CP genome sequences of Morus revealed a monophyletic genus and that M. alba consisted of two clades, M. alba var. alba and M. alba var. multicaulis. The Japanese cultivated germplasms were derived from M. alba var. multicaulis. We propose that the Morus genus be classified into six species, M. nigra, M. notabilis, M. serrata, M. celtidifolia, M. rubra, and M. alba with two subspecies, M. alba var. alba and M. alba var. multicaulis. Our findings provide a valuable resource for the classification, domestication, and breeding improvement of mulberry.
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Tineo D, Bustamante DE, Calderon MS, Mendoza JE, Huaman E, Oliva M. An integrative approach reveals five new species of highland papayas (Caricaceae, Vasconcellea) from northern Peru. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242469. [PMID: 33301452 PMCID: PMC7728213 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The assignment of accurate species names is crucial, especially for those with confirmed agronomic potential such as highland papayas. The use of additional methodologies and data sets is recommended to establish well-supported boundaries among species of Vasconcellea. Accordingly, six chloroplast (trnL-trnF, rpl20-rps12, psbA-trnH intergenic spacers, matK and rbcL genes) and nuclear (ITS) markers were used to delimit species in the genus Vasconcellea using phylogeny and four DNA-based methods. Our results demonstrated congruence among different methodologies applied in this integrative study (i.e., morphology, multilocus phylogeny, genetic distance, coalescence methods). Genetic distance (ABGD, SPN), a coalescence method (BPP), and the multilocus phylogeny supported 22–25 different species of Vasconcellea, including the following five new species from northern Peru: V. badilloi sp. nov., V. carvalhoae sp. nov., V. chachapoyensis sp. nov., V. pentalobis sp. nov., and V. peruviensis sp. nov. Genetic markers that gave better resolution for distinguishing species were ITS and trnL-trnF. Phylogenetic diversity and DNA-species delimitation methods could be used to discover taxa within traditionally defined species.
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- Daniel Tineo
- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Chachapoyas, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Chachapoyas, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Chachapoyas, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Chachapoyas, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Chachapoyas, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Chachapoyas, Amazonas, Peru
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Li Y, Maki M. Variation in the frequency and extent of hybridization between Leucosceptrum japonicum and L. stellipilum (Lamiaceae) in the Central Japanese Mainland. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116411. [PMID: 25738505 PMCID: PMC4349587 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Variations in the frequency and extent of hybridization among mixed populations located in the same contact zone provide natural laboratories for the study of extrinsic reproductive isolation maintaining species integrity. In this study, we examined the pattern of hybridization between L. japonicum and L. stellipilum among mixed populations in different localities of a contact zone. The genetic structures from three sympatric populations and six mixed populations in the hybrid zone, and five reference populations far from the contact zone, were characterized using 10 neutral nuclear microsatellite markers. Evidence from genetic distance-based clustering analysis, the frequency distribution of admixture proportion values, and the hybrid category assignment approaches indicated that the frequency and extent of hybridization varied considerably among populations in the contact zone between L. japonicum and L. stellipilum. One likely explanation is that variation in exogenous (ecological) selection among populations might contribute to differences in frequency and extent of hybridization. The present study will facilitate future research exploring the evolution of reproductive isolation between L. japonicum and L. stellipilum.
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- Yue Li
- Division of Plant Evolutionary Biology, Department of Environmental Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980–8578, Japan
- Botanical Gardens, Tohoku University, Kawauchi 12–2, Aoba, Sendai 980–0862, Japan
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- Botanical Gardens, Tohoku University, Kawauchi 12–2, Aoba, Sendai 980–0862, Japan
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Ma Y, Xie W, Tian X, Sun W, Wu Z, Milne R. Unidirectional hybridization and reproductive barriers between two heterostylous primrose species in north-west Yunnan, China. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2014; 113:763-75. [PMID: 24492637 PMCID: PMC3962241 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Heteromorphy in flowers has a profound effect on breeding patterns within a species, but little is known about how it affects reproductive barriers between species. The heterostylous genus Primula is very diverse in the Himalaya region, but hybrids there have been little researched. This study examines in detail a natural hybrid zone between P. beesiana and P. bulleyana. METHODS Chloroplast sequencing, AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) markers and morphological comparisons were employed to characterize putative hybrids in the field, using synthetic F1s from hand pollination as controls. Pollinator visits to parent species and hybrids were observed in the field. Hand pollinations were conducted to compare pollen tube growth, seed production and seed viability for crosses involving different morphs, species and directions of crossing. KEY RESULTS Molecular data revealed all hybrid derivatives examined to be backcrosses of first or later generations towards P. bulleyana: all had the chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) of this species. Some individuals had morphological traits suggesting they were hybrids, but they were genetically similar to P. bulleyana; they might have been advanced generation backcrosses. Viable F1s could not be produced with P. bulleyana pollen on P. beesiana females, irrespective of the flower morphs used. Within-morph crosses for each species had very low (<10 %) seed viability, whereas crosses between pin P. bulleyana (female) and pin P. beesiana had a higher seed viability of 30 %. Thus genetic incompatibility mechanisms back up mechanical barriers to within-morph crosses in each species, but are not the same between the two species. The two species share their main pollinators, and pollinators were observed to fly between P. bulleyana and hybrids, suggesting that pollinator behaviour may not be an important isolating factor. CONCLUSIONS Hybridization is strongly asymmetric, with P. bulleyana the only possible mother and all detected hybrids being backcrosses in this direction. Partial ecological isolation and inhibition of heterospecific pollen, and possibly complete barriers to F1 formation on P. beesiana, may be enough to make F1 formation very rare in these species. Therefore, with no F1 detected, this hybrid zone may have a finite life span as successive generations become more similar to P. bulleyana.
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- Yongpeng Ma
- Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, PR China
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- Flower research institute, Yunnan Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Kunming 650201, PR China
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- Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, PR China
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- Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, PR China
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- Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, PR China
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- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, UK
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Chao YS, Dong SY, Chiang YC, Liu HY, Chiou WL. Extreme multiple reticulate origins of the Pteris cadieri complex (Pteridaceae). Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:4523-4544. [PMID: 22605994 PMCID: PMC3344230 DOI: 10.3390/ijms13044523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The Pteris cadieri complex displays extensive morphological variation and seems to have originated through hybridization. However, the members of this complex reproduce by apogamy, which usually limits genetic variation. To evaluate the hypotheses of hybrid origins, the pattern of evolution in this species complex is reconstructed. Multiple methodologies were used. Diploids, triploids, and tetraploids were identified by chromosome counts and flow cytometry. Nuclear DNA markers (cytosolic phosphoglucose isomerase gene, PgiC) were used, together with chloroplast DNA markers (atpB-rbcL spacer and rbcL gene) to infer the biparental and maternal lineages of the Pteris cadieri complex. The three cpDNA haplotype groups and five PgiC alleles found in this study indicate that the evolution of the Pteris cadieri complex has been extremely reticulate. Up to 11 taxa belonging to eight morphs were identified. By comparing genetic variation in the Pteris cadieri in two independent areas, Hainan and Taiwan, we inferred that hybridization has occurred independently in different areas. Furthermore, we found evidence for phenological divergence (evergreen and deciduous) within Taiwan. We propose that the Pteris cadieri complex originated from different genetic lineages through multiple hybridizations in different geographical areas, leading to its present morphological diversity.
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- Yi-Shan Chao
- Division of Botanical Garden, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 10006, Taiwan; E-Mail:
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- South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China; E-Mail:
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; E-Mail:
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; E-Mail:
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (H.-Y.L.); (W.-L.C.); Tel.: +886-7-5252000 (ext. 3618) (H.-Y.L.); +886-2-23039978 (ext. 2701) (W.-L.C.); Fax: +886-7-5253609 (H.-Y.L.); +886-2-23076220 (W.-L.C.)
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- Division of Botanical Garden, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 10006, Taiwan; E-Mail:
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (H.-Y.L.); (W.-L.C.); Tel.: +886-7-5252000 (ext. 3618) (H.-Y.L.); +886-2-23039978 (ext. 2701) (W.-L.C.); Fax: +886-7-5253609 (H.-Y.L.); +886-2-23076220 (W.-L.C.)
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Schneider JV, Schulte K, Aguilar JF, Huertas ML. Molecular evidence for hybridization and introgression in the neotropical coastal desert-endemic Palaua (Malveae, Malvaceae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2011; 60:373-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2010] [Revised: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/13/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ma Y, Milne RI, Zhang C, Yang J. Unusual patterns of hybridization involving a narrow endemic Rhododendron species (Ericaceae) in Yunnan, China. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2010; 97:1749-1757. [PMID: 21616807 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY One potential threat to rare species is genetic swamping caused by hybridization, but few studies have quantified this threat. Rhododendron cyanocarpum is a narrow endemic species that occurs sympatrically with potentially interfertile congeners throughout its range within Yunnan, China. We searched the entire distribution of R. cyanocarpum for hybrids and examined the patterns of hybridization to assess potential threat from hybridization. • METHODS In a comprehensive field survey, we detected only one instance of hybridization involving R. cyanocarpum, with R. delavayi, at Huadianba near Dali. Material of both species and putative hybrids was examined using morphology, chloroplast DNA, nuclear ribosomal DNA, and Bayesian analysis of AFLP profiles. • KEY RESULTS Of 10 putative hybrids, two were F(1)(')s and at least seven were F(2)(')s. Four backcrosses to R. delavayi were detected among material with R. delavayi-like morphology within the hybrid zone. Backcrosses to R. cyanocarpum were not detected. Therefore F(2)(')s outnumbered all other classes within the hybrid zone, a situation not previously confirmed for plants and extremely rare generally. Hybridization was asymmetrical, with R. delavayi as the maternal parent in all but one of the hybrids detected. • CONCLUSIONS Although natural hybridization is common in Rhododendron, it is rare in R. cyanocarpum and is apparently not accompanied by backcrossing toward R. cyanocarpum. Hence, there is no immediate risk of genetic swamping, unless habitat disturbance increases and changes the patterns of hybridization. Our study is the first to report a plant hybrid zone dominated by F(2) hybrids. This pattern might contribute to species barrier maintenance.
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- Yongpeng Ma
- Kunming Botanic Garden, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Renoult JP, Kjellberg F, Grout C, Santoni S, Khadari B. Cyto-nuclear discordance in the phylogeny of Ficus section Galoglychia and host shifts in plant-pollinator associations. BMC Evol Biol 2009; 9:248. [PMID: 19822002 PMCID: PMC2771017 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2009] [Accepted: 10/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hybridization events are relatively common in vascular plants. However, the frequency of these events is unevenly distributed across the plant phylogeny. Plant families in which individual species are pollinated by specific pollinator species are predicted to be less prone to hybridization than other families. However, exceptions may occur within these families, when pollinators shift host-plant species. Indeed, host shifts are expected to increase the rate of hybridization events. Pollinators of Ficus section Galoglychia are suspected to have changed host repeatedly, based on several cases of incongruence between plant phylogeny and taxonomy, and insect phylogeny and taxonomy. We tracked cyto-nuclear discordance across section Galoglychia as evidence for hybridization. To achieve a proper global view, we first clarified the monophyly of section Galoglychia as it had been questioned by recent phylogenetic studies. Moreover, we investigated if fig size could be a factor facilitating host shifts. RESULTS Phylogenetic chloroplast and nuclear results demonstrated the monophyly of section Galoglychia. Within section Galoglychia, we detected several cases of statistically significant cyto-nuclear discordance. Discordances concern both terminal nodes of the phylogenetic trees and one deep node defining relationships between subsections. Because nuclear phylogeny is congruent with morphological taxonomy, discordances were caused by the chloroplast phylogeny. Introgressive hybridization was the most likely explanation for these discordances. We also detected that subsections pollinated by several wasp genera had smaller figs and were pollinated by smaller wasps than subsections pollinated by a single wasp genus. CONCLUSION As hypothesized, we discovered evidences of past hybridization in Ficus section Galoglychia. Further, introgression was only detected in subsections presenting incongruence between plant and pollinator phylogenies and taxonomy. This supports the hypothesis that host shift is the cause for plant-pollinator incongruence. Moreover, small fig size could facilitate host shifts. Eventually, this study demonstrates that non-coding chloroplast markers are valuable to resolve deep nodes in Ficus phylogeny.
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- Julien P Renoult
- CNRS, UMR 5175 Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Equipe Interactions Biotiques, F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CNRS, UMR 5175 Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Equipe Interactions Biotiques, F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- INRA, UMR 1098, Développement et Amélioration des Plantes (DAP), Campus CIRAD TA A 96/03, Av. Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Montpellier SupAgro, UMR 1098, Développement et Amélioration des Plantes (DAP), Bat. 2, Campus CIRAD TA A 96/03, Av. Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- INRA, UMR 1097, Diversité et Adaptation des Plantes Cultivées (DiA-PC), Bat. 33, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- INRA, UMR 1098, Développement et Amélioration des Plantes (DAP), Campus CIRAD TA A 96/03, Av. Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles, UMR 1098, 76 A, Av. Gambetta, 83400 Hyères, France
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Hersch-Green EI, Cronn R. Tangled trios?: Characterizing a hybrid zone in Castilleja (Orobanchaceae). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2009; 96:1519-1531. [PMID: 21628297 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Hybridization and polyploidization are exceedingly important processes because both influence the ecological envelope and evolutionary trajectory of land plants. These processes are frequently invoked for Castilleja (Indian paintbrushes) as contributors to morphological and genetic novelty and as complicating factors in species delimitations. Here, we provide a detailed analysis of morphological and genetic evidence for hybridization in a well-characterized hybrid swarm involving three broadly sympatric species (C. miniata, C. rhexiifolia, C. sulphurea) in western Colorado. Field-classified hybrids are present at high frequencies at these sites and show morphological intermediacy to and segregate for chloroplast DNA haplotypes with C. rhexiifolia and C. sulphurea. Contrarily, DNA content and AFLP variation show that field-classified hybrids are not recent hybrids but a distinctive fourth taxon. Actual hybrids (plants showing admixture ≥10% for two genotypic groups) comprised 13% of our sample, with most admixture involving C. rhexiifolia, C. sulphurea, and the unknown taxon. The identity of the field-classified "hybrids" remains unknown; they either represent a stabilized hybrid species or a species with uncharacteristically high diversity for color alleles. This study highlights the importance of examining concordance and discordance between morphology, cytology, and genetic criteria to understand the complex evolutionary history of diverse groups such as Castilleja.
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- Erika I Hersch-Green
- Department of Biology, Northern Arizona University, S. Beaver St. Box 5640 Flagstaff, Arizona 86011 USA
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Milne RI, Abbott RJ. Reproductive isolation among two interfertile Rhododendron species: low frequency of post-F1 hybrid genotypes in alpine hybrid zones. Mol Ecol 2008; 17:1108-21. [PMID: 18261051 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03643.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hybrids between the acid-loving species Rhododendron ferrugineum and the basic soil species Rhododendron hirsutum occur on soils of intermediate pH in the European Alps. Material from two hybrid zones approximately 500 m apart, and also nearby populations of each parent species, was surveyed for presence/absence of 31 random amplified polymorphic DNA markers that distinguish parents. Based on morphological assessment, the material comprised 51 putative hybrids, 18 putative R. ferrugineum individuals and 26 putative R. hirsutum plants. RAPD data were analysed using a Bayesian approach implemented by the program newhybrids, and also by principal coordinates analysis. The identity of all R. ferrugineum plants examined was confirmed; however, of the putative R. hirsutum individuals examined, two were certainly and 11 possibly hybrid derivatives. Among all hybrid derivatives examined, about half were designated as F1s or a similar class, otherwise backcrosses to R. hirsutum appeared to be common whereas other hybrid classes were rare and backcrosses to R. ferrugineum possibly absent. Despite this, artificially generated seed of F2 class and backcrosses in each direction showed greater viability than one parent (R. hirsutum). Introgression from R. ferrugineum was also detected in a population that from morphology appeared to contain only R. hirsutum. Hence, the direction of backcrossing might be highly asymmetric within hybrid zones, causing unidirectional gene flow from R. ferrugineum into R. hirsutum. Conversely, the rarity of backcrosses to R. ferrugineum, F2s and later hybrid generations, which might be due to phenology effects and habitat-mediated selection, could play a part in restricting gene flow towards R. ferrugineum.
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- Richard I Milne
- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, UK.
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Ellis JR, Bentley KE, McCauley DE. Detection of rare paternal chloroplast inheritance in controlled crosses of the endangered sunflower Helianthus verticillatus. Heredity (Edinb) 2008; 100:574-80. [PMID: 18301440 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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A variety of questions in population and evolutionary biology are studied using chloroplast DNA (cpDNA). The presumed maternal inheritance in angiosperms allows for certain assumptions and calculations to be made when studying plant hybridization, phylogeography, molecular systematics and seed dispersal. Further, the placement of transgenes in the chloroplast to lessen the probability of 'escape' to weedy relatives has been proposed since such genes would not move through pollen. In many studies, however, strict maternal inheritance is assumed but not tested directly, and some studies may have sample sizes too small to be able to detect rare paternal leakage. Here, we study the inheritance of cpDNA simple sequence repeats in 323 offspring derived from greenhouse crosses of the rare sunflower Helianthus verticillatus Small. We found evidence for rare chloroplast paternal leakage and heteroplasmy in 1.86% of the offspring. We address the question of whether one can extrapolate the mode of chloroplast transmission within a genus by comparing our results to the findings of another sunflower species study. The findings of occasional paternal transmission of the chloroplast genome are discussed in the framework of using these markers in studies of population and evolutionary biology both in Helianthus and other angiosperms.
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- J R Ellis
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Lihová J, Kucera J, Perny M, Marhold K. Hybridization between two polyploid Cardamine (Brassicaceae) species in North-western Spain: discordance between morphological and genetic variation patterns. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2007; 99:1083-96. [PMID: 17495984 PMCID: PMC3243574 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2006] [Revised: 01/30/2007] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Hybridization is an important evolutionary phenomenon, and therefore a detailed understanding of the dynamics of interspecific gene flow and resulting morphological and genetic patterns is of widespread interest. Here hybridization between the polyploids Cardamine pratensis and C. raphanifolia at four localities is explored. Using different types of data, the aim is to provide simultaneous and direct comparisons between genotype and phenotype variation patterns in the studied hybrid populations. METHODS Evidence of hybridization has been gathered from morphology, molecular markers (amplified fragment length polymorphism and chloroplast DNA sequences), pollen viability, karyology and nuclear DNA content. KEY RESULTS All data support extensive gene flow occurring in the hybrid populations. A wide range of morphological and genetic variation is observed, which includes both parental and intermediate types. Unbalanced pollen fertility and several ploidy levels are recorded. CONCLUSIONS Incongruence reported between genotype and phenotype suggests that parental phenotypes are affected by introgression, and intermediate hybrid phenotypes can be genetically closer to one of the parents. Thus, it is evident that morphology, when used alone, can be misleading for interpreting hybridization, and critical evaluation of other data is needed.
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- J Lihová
- Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 14, SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Kyndt T, Droogenbroeck BV, Haegeman A, Roldán-Ruiz I, Gheysen G. Cross-species microsatellite amplification in Vasconcellea and related genera and their use in germplasm classification. Genome 2007; 49:786-98. [PMID: 16936787 DOI: 10.1139/g06-035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To generate inexpensive and efficient DNA markers for addressing a number of population genetics problems and identification of wild hybrids in Vasconcellea, we have evaluated the use of simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers previously developed for other species. A set of 103 Vasconcellea accessions and some individuals of the related genera Carica and Jacaratia were analyzed with 10 primer pairs directing amplification of chloroplast microsatellites in Nicotiana tabacum and 9 nuclear SSR primer pairs recently identified in Vasconcellea x heilbornii. Heterologous amplification of chloroplast SSRs was successful for 8 of the 10 loci, of which 6 showed polymorphism. Seven of the 9 nuclear SSR primer pairs were useful in Vasconcellea and often also in Jacaratia and Carica, all revealing polymorphism. Exclusive haplotypes for each described taxon were identified based on chloroplast microsatellite data. Clustering based on separate nuclear and chloroplast data resulted in a clear grouping per taxon, but only low resolution was obtained above species level. The codominancy of nuclear SSRs and the general high polymorphism rate of SSR markers will make them more useful in future population genetics studies and diversity assessment in conservation programs.
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- T Kyndt
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Kyndt T, Van Damme EJM, Van Beeumen J, Gheysen G. Purification and characterization of the cysteine proteinases in the latex of Vasconcellea spp. FEBS J 2006; 274:451-62. [PMID: 17229150 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05592.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Latex of all Vasconcellea species analyzed to date exhibits higher proteolytic amidase activities, generally attributed to cysteine proteinases, than the latex of Carica papaya. In the present study, we show that this higher activity is correlated with a higher concentration of enzymes in the latex of Vasconcellea fruits, but in addition also results from the presence of other cysteine proteinases or isoforms. In contrast to the cysteine proteinases present in papaya latex, which have been extensively studied, very little is known about the cysteine proteinases of Vasconcellea spp. In this investigation, several cDNA sequences coding for cysteine proteinases in Vasconcellea x heilbornii and Vasconcellea stipulata were determined using primers based on conserved sequences. In silico translation showed that they hold the characteristic features of all known papain-class cysteine proteinases, and a phylogenetic analysis revealed the existence of several papain and chymopapain homologues in these species. Ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration procedures were applied on latex of V. x heilbornii in order to characterize its cysteine proteinases at the protein level. Five major protein fractions (VXH-I-VXH-V) revealing very high amidase activities (between 7.5 and 23.3 nkat x mg protein(-1)) were isolated. After further purification, three of them were N-terminally sequenced. The observed microheterogeneity in the N-terminal and cDNA sequences reveals the presence of several distinct cysteine proteinase isoforms in the latex of Vasconcellea spp.
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- Tina Kyndt
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium
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