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Chao YS, Yang YW, Sheue CR, Lai IL. Niche and phenotypic differentiation in fern hybrid speciation, a case study of Pteris fauriei (Pteridaceae). ANNALS OF BOTANY 2024; 134:71-84. [PMID: 38470192 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcae037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Niche differentiation is a crucial issue in speciation. Although it has a well-known role in adaptive processes of hybrid angiosperms, it is less understood in hybrid ferns. Here, we investigate whether an intermediate ecological niche of a fern hybrid is a novel adaptation that provides insights into fern hybrid speciation. METHODS Pteris fauriei (Pteridaceae) is a natural hybrid fern, occurring in environments between its parent species. The maternal Pteris minor is found in sunny areas, but the habitat of the paternal Pteris latipinna is shady. We combined data from morphology, leaf anatomy and photosynthetic traits to explore adaptation and differentiation, along with measuring the environmental features of their niches. We also performed experiments in a common garden to understand ecological plasticity. KEY RESULTS The hybrid P. fauriei was intermediate between the parent species in stomatal density, leaf anatomical features and photosynthetic characteristics in both natural habitats and a common garden. Interestingly, the maternal P. minor showed significant environmental plasticity and was more similar to the hybrid P. fauriei in the common garden, suggesting that the maternal species experiences stress in its natural habitats but thrives in environments similar to those of the hybrid. CONCLUSIONS Based on the similar niche preferences of the hybrid and parents, we propose hybrid superiority. Our results indicate that the hybrid P. fauriei exhibits greater fitness and can compete with and occupy the initial niches of the maternal P. minor. Consequently, we suggest that the maternal P. minor has experienced a niche shift, elucidating the pattern of niche differentiation in this hybrid group. These findings offer a potential explanation for the frequent occurrence of hybridization in ferns and provide new insights into fern hybrid speciation, enhancing our understanding of fern diversity.
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- Yi-Shan Chao
- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Global Change Biology Research Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Bioresources, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Yoichi W, Tamaki I, Oh SH, Nagano AJ, Uehara K, Tomaru N, Abe H. The evolutionary history of rice azaleas (Rhododendron tschonoskii alliance) involved niche evolution to a montane environment. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2023; 110:e16166. [PMID: 37074769 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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PREMISE The formation of isolated montane geography on islands promotes evolution, speciation, and then radiation if there are ecological changes. Thus, investigating evolutionary histories of montane species and associated ecological changes may help efforts to understand how endemism formed in islands' montane floras. To explore this process, we investigated the evolutionary history of the Rhododendron tschonoskii alliance, which grows in montane environments of the Japanese archipelago and the Korean Peninsula. METHODS We studied the five species in the R. tschonoskii alliance and 30 outgroup species, using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms and cpDNA sequences, in association with environmental analyses. RESULTS The monophyletic R. tschonoskii alliance diverged since the late Miocene. Species in the alliance currently inhabit a cold climatic niche that is largely different from that of the outgroup species. We observed clear genetic and niche differentiations between the taxa of the alliance. CONCLUSIONS The association of the alliance's evolution with the formation of cooler climates on mountains indicates that it was driven by global cooling since the mid-Miocene and by rapid uplift of mountains since the Pliocene. The combination of geographic and climatic isolation promoted high genetic differentiation between taxa, which has been maintained by climatic oscillations since the Quaternary.
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- Watanabe Yoichi
- Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Matsudo, Chiba, 271-8510, Japan
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- Gifu Academy of Forest Science and Culture, 88 Sodai, Mino, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Daejeon University, 62 Daehak-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, 34520, South Korea
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, 1-5 Yokotani, Seta Oe-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2194, Japan
- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, 403-1 Nipponkoku, Daihouji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0017, Japan
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- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability, Niigata University, 94-2 Koda, Sado, Niigata, 952-2206, Japan
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Sata H, Shimizu M, Iwasaki T, Ikeda H, Soejima A, Kozhevnikov AE, Kozhevnikova ZV, Im HT, Jang SK, Azuma T, Nagano AJ, Fujii N. Phylogeography of the East Asian grassland plant, Viola orientalis (Violaceae), inferred from plastid and nuclear restriction site-associated DNA sequencing data. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2021; 134:1181-1198. [PMID: 34595677 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-01339-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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To elucidate the origin and migration history of the "Mansen elements," a group of temperate grassland plants mainly distributed in northeastern Asia, phylogeographic analyses based on chloroplast DNA markers and double-digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD-seq) data were performed on Viola orientalis, one of the representative species of the group. Phylogenetic analyses using ddRAD-seq data revealed that the populations of V. orientalis were clustered into five clades, among which the continental clades made of populations from Russia and Korea diverged more than 100,000 years earlier than the Japanese clades. The Japanese clade likely diverged during the last glacial period, followed by a further post-glacial divergence into the Kyushu and the Honshu subclades. Our study demonstrated that V. orientalis originated in the continental area of northeastern Asia and, during the last glacial period, has spread southward through the Korean Peninsula across the Japanese Islands. This finding supports the previously proposed evolutionary hypothesis regarding the origin and migration routes of the Mansen elements.
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- Haruna Sata
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan
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- Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, 2-20-1 Chuo, Kurashiki, Okayama, 710-0046, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan
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- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Department of Biological Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- East Coast Research Institute of Life Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Jukheon-gil 7, Gangneung city, Gangwon-do, 25457, South Korea
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- Botanic Garden, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, N3W8, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0003, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, 1-5 Yokotani, Seta Oe-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2194, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan.
- Course of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan.
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Sata H, Shimizu M, Iwasaki T, Ikeda H, Soejima A, Kozhevnikov AE, Kozhevnikova ZV, Im HT, Jang SK, Azuma T, Nagano AJ, Fujii N. Phylogeography of the East Asian grassland plant, Viola orientalis (Violaceae), inferred from plastid and nuclear restriction site-associated DNA sequencing data. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2021; 134:1181-1198. [PMID: 34595677 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-021-01339-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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To elucidate the origin and migration history of the "Mansen elements," a group of temperate grassland plants mainly distributed in northeastern Asia, phylogeographic analyses based on chloroplast DNA markers and double-digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD-seq) data were performed on Viola orientalis, one of the representative species of the group. Phylogenetic analyses using ddRAD-seq data revealed that the populations of V. orientalis were clustered into five clades, among which the continental clades made of populations from Russia and Korea diverged more than 100,000 years earlier than the Japanese clades. The Japanese clade likely diverged during the last glacial period, followed by a further post-glacial divergence into the Kyushu and the Honshu subclades. Our study demonstrated that V. orientalis originated in the continental area of northeastern Asia and, during the last glacial period, has spread southward through the Korean Peninsula across the Japanese Islands. This finding supports the previously proposed evolutionary hypothesis regarding the origin and migration routes of the Mansen elements.
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- Haruna Sata
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan
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- Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, 2-20-1 Chuo, Kurashiki, Okayama, 710-0046, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan
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- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Department of Biological Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- East Coast Research Institute of Life Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Jukheon-gil 7, Gangneung city, Gangwon-do, 25457, South Korea
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- Botanic Garden, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, N3W8, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0003, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, 1-5 Yokotani, Seta Oe-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2194, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan.
- Course of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan.
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Magota K, Sakaguchi S, Lee JS, Yamamoto M, Takahashi D, Nagano AJ, Setoguchi H. Phylogeographic analysis of Saxifraga fortunei complex (Saxifragaceae) reveals multiple origins of morphological and ecological variations in the Japanese Archipelago. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 163:107230. [PMID: 34133947 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Phenotypic polymorphism within a species is a notable phenomenon in evolutionary biology to understand the process of adaptive speciation and other historical events. The Saxifraga fortunei complex is a widespread herb found in East Asia. It includes several ecotypic taxa corresponding to their habitat environments. The distribution of the various ecotypes in a limited area of the Japanese Archipelago makes the species a suitable model to investigate the impact of population demographic history and natural selection on lineage diversification. Here, Sanger-based sequencing was used to estimate the divergence timeframe between populations of the Eurasian continent and Japan. Genome-wide SNPs obtained by ddRAD sequencing were used to investigate the phylogeographic origins of ecotypic taxa. The phylogenetic analyses revealed the divergence of the Japanese population from the continental population in the late Miocene. Two distinct regional clades of North and South Japan were identified; phenotypic diversification was evident only in the southern clade. The South Japan clades displayed a historical distribution expansion from north to south. The phenotypic variations appeared to have generated during the expansion. The ecotypic boundaries were incongruent with the genetic grouping. We propose that morphological and ecological specialization in Japanese populations was repeatedly generated by local natural selection.
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- Kana Magota
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Korean National Arboretum, 415 Gwangneung Sumokwon-ro, Soheul-eup, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-Province 11186, Republic of Korea
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- Hyogo University of Teacher Education, 942-1 Shimokume, Kato, Hyogo 673-1494, Japan
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- Kawatabi Field Science Center, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 232-3 Yomogida, Naruko-onsen, Osaki, Miyagi 989-6711, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, 1-5 Yokotani, Seta Oe-cho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2194, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Phylogeographic and demographic modeling analyses of the multiple origins of the rheophytic goldenrod Solidago yokusaiana Makino. Heredity (Edinb) 2021; 126:831-845. [PMID: 33510467 PMCID: PMC8102582 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-021-00408-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Understanding adaptation mechanisms is important in evolutionary biology. Parallel adaptation provides good opportunities to investigate adaptive evolution. To confirm parallel adaptation, it is effective to examine whether the phenotypic similarity has one or multiple origins and to use demographic modeling to consider the gene flow between ecotypes. Solidago yokusaiana is a rheophyte endemic to the Japanese Archipelago that diverged from Solidago virgaurea. This study examined the parallel origins of S. yokusaiana by distinguishing between multiple and single origins and subsequent gene flow. The haplotypes of noncoding chloroplast DNA and genotypes at 14 nuclear simple sequence repeat (nSSR) loci and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) revealed by double-digest restriction-associated DNA sequencing (ddRADseq) were used for phylogeographic analysis; the SNPs were also used to model population demographics. Some chloroplast haplotypes were common to S. yokusaiana and its ancestor S. virgaurea. Also, the population genetic structures revealed by nSSR and SNPs did not correspond to the taxonomic species. The demographic modeling supported the multiple origins of S. yokusaiana in at least four districts and rejected a single origin with ongoing gene flow between the two species, implying that S. yokusaiana independently and repeatedly adapted to frequently flooding riversides.
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Fursenco C, Calalb T, Uncu L, Dinu M, Ancuceanu R. Solidago virgaurea L.: A Review of Its Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Activities. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10121619. [PMID: 33266185 PMCID: PMC7761148 DOI: 10.3390/biom10121619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Solidago virgaurea L. (European goldenrod, Woundwort), Asteraceae, is a familiar medicinal plant in Europe and other parts of the world, widely used and among the most researched species from its genus. The aerial parts of European goldenrod have long been used for urinary tract conditions and as an anti-inflammatory agent in the traditional medicine of different peoples. Its main chemical constituents are flavonoids (mainly derived from quercetin and kaempferol), C6-C1 and C6-C3 compounds, terpenes (mostly from the essential oil), and a large number of saponin molecules (mainly virgaureasaponins and solidagosaponins). Published research on its potential activities is critically reviewed here: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, spasmolitic, antihypertensive, diuretic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasite, cytotoxic and antitumor, antimutagenic, antiadipogenic, antidiabetic, cardioprotective, and antisenescence. The evidence concerning its potential benefits is mainly derived from non-clinical studies, some effects are rather modest, whereas others are more promising, but need more confirmation in both non-clinical models and clinical trials.
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- Cornelia Fursenco
- Departament of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh, 66 Mălina Mică Street, MD-2025 Chisinau, Moldova; (C.F.); (T.C.)
- Scientific Center of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh, 66 Mălina Mică Street, MD-2025 Chisinau, Moldova;
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- Departament of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh, 66 Mălina Mică Street, MD-2025 Chisinau, Moldova; (C.F.); (T.C.)
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- Scientific Center of Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh, 66 Mălina Mică Street, MD-2025 Chisinau, Moldova;
- Departament of Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh, 66 Mălina Mică Street, MD-2025 Chisinau, Moldova
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Cell Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, Sector 2, 020956 Bucharest, Romania;
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Cell Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, Sector 2, 020956 Bucharest, Romania;
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Sakaguchi S, Nagano AJ, Yasugi M, Kudoh H, Ishikawa N, Ito M. Genetic consequences of being a dwarf: do evolutionary changes in life-history traits influence gene flow patterns in populations of the world's smallest goldenrod? ANNALS OF BOTANY 2020; 126:163-177. [PMID: 32249287 PMCID: PMC7304467 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Contrasting life-history traits can evolve through generations of dwarf plant ecotypes, yet such phenotypic changes often involve decreased plant size and reproductive allocation, which can configure seed dispersal patterns and, subsequently, population demography. Therefore, evolutionary transitions to dwarfism can represent good study systems to test the roles of life-history traits in population demography by comparing genetic structure between related but phenotypically divergent ecotypes. METHODS In this study, we examined an ecotypic taxon pair of the world's smallest goldenrod (stem height 2.6 cm) in alpine habitats and its closely related lowland taxon (30-40 cm) found on Yakushima Island, Japan. Genetic variation in chloroplast DNA sequences, nuclear microsatellites and genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms were used to investigate 197 samples from 16 populations, to infer the population genetic demography and compare local genetic structure of the ecotypes. KEY RESULTS We found a pronounced level of genetic differentiation among alpine dwarf populations, which were much less geographically isolated than their lowland counterparts. In particular, several neighbouring dwarf populations (located ~500 m apart) harboured completely different sets of chloroplast haplotypes and nuclear genetic clusters. Demographic modelling revealed that the dwarf populations have not exchanged genes at significant levels after population divergence. CONCLUSIONS These lines of evidence suggest that substantial effects of genetic drift have operated on these dwarf populations. The low-growing stature and reduced fecundity (only 3.1 heads per plant) of the dwarf plants may have reduced gene flow and rare long-distance seed dispersal among habitat patches, although the effects of life-history traits require further evaluation using ecological approaches.
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- Shota Sakaguchi
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Parallel colonization of subalpine habitats in the central European mountains by Primula elatior. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3294. [PMID: 30824749 PMCID: PMC6397301 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39669-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The island-like distribution of subalpine habitats across mountain ranges can trigger the parallel evolution of locally adapted ecotypes. Such naturally replicated scenarios allow testing hypotheses on how elevational differentiation structures genetic diversity within species. Nevertheless, the parallel colonization of subalpine habitats across different mountain ranges has only rarely been documented with molecular data. We chose Primula elatior (Primulaceae), naturally spanning entire elevation range in multiple mountain regions of central Europe, to test for the origin of its scattered subalpine populations. Nuclear microsatellite variation revealed three genetic groups corresponding with the distinct study regions. We found that genetic differentiation between foothill and subalpine populations within each region was relatively low, suggesting that the colonization of subalpine habitats occurred independently within each mountain range. Furthermore, the strongest differentiation was usually found between the subalpine populations suggesting that mountain ridges may act as migration barriers that can reduce gene flow more strongly than elevational differences between foothill and subalpine populations. Finally, we found that subalpine colonization did not result in a loss of genetic diversity relative to foothill populations in agreement with the high migration rates that we document here between the subalpine and the foothill populations. In summary, our study shows subalpine Primula elatior populations are genetically diverse and distinct results of parallel colonization events from multiple foothill gene pools.
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Kobayashi H, Haino Y, Iwasaki T, Tezuka A, Nagano AJ, Shimada S. ddRAD-seq based phylogeographic study of Sargassum thunbergii (Phaeophyceae, Heterokonta) around Japanese coast. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2018; 140:104-113. [PMID: 29895505 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Using genome-wide SNP data obtained from high-throughput techniques based on double digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD-seq), we elucidated the migration history and genetic diversity of the Japanese population of the ecologically important brown seaweed Sargassum thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kuntze. STRUCTURE and NeighborNet analyses showed a clear genetic differentiation among populations of four geographic regions: Kyushu (POP1); Sea of Japan (POP2); Hokkaido and Tohoku (POP3); and Pacific coast from Kyushu to Kanto (POP4). Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) analysis indicated that POP4 diverged first, followed by the separation between POP2 (the largest effective population size) and POP3; POP1 was the last to form, shaped by the mixture of POP2 (73%) and POP4 (27%). High genetic diversity was detected in POP1 and POP2, whereas low genetic diversity was detected in POP3 and POP4. These results indicated that S. thunbergii populations of Kyushu and the Sea of Japan might have been maintained as large and stable populations gathered different lineages from China, Korea and/or Japan.
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- Honoka Kobayashi
- Faculty of Core Research, Natural Science Division, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Faculty of Core Research, Natural Science Division, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Kanagawa University, Tsuchiya 2946, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-1293, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Yokotani 1-5, Seta Ohe-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2194, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Yokotani 1-5, Seta Ohe-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2194, Japan
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- Faculty of Core Research, Natural Science Division, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan.
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