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Trevizan R, Oliveira PE, Cardoso JCF. Investigating the longstanding mystery of stigma length differences between morphs of distylous plants. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2024; 26:421-426. [PMID: 38315474 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13623] [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: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Longer stigmas in short-styled morphs of distylous plants have been considered an adaptive characteristic that increases intermorph pollen deposition. The greater pollen deposition in short-styled stigmas may be a by-product of their longer length, making deposition effectiveness comparison between morphs unfeasible. Thus, investigating which morph has the relatively most efficient stigma (i.e., pollen deposition per unit length) can boost our understanding of the adaptive significance of longer stigmas. Here, we compared pollen deposition between morphs relative to stigma length and assessed whether short-styled stigmas are more, less, or equally effective in receiving pollen grains per unit length. We reviewed the literature to characterize the extent of sigma length differences between morphs using the two most speciose distylous genera as model systems: Palicourea and Psychotria (Rubiaceae). Then, we conducted a between-morph comparison of raw and relative pollen depositions in a Palicourea rigida population. We confirmed that short-styled stigmas were longer than long-styled stigmas in both Palicourea (194.31% longer) and Psychotria (52.59% longer) flowers. Furthermore, in the focal Pal. rigida, although short-styled stigmas were 268.04% longer and received 97.04% more pollen grains than long-styled stigmas, the relative pollen deposition had a reverse pattern, with short-styled stigmas being two-times less efficient in receiving pollen. Our results indicate that the longer length of the short-styled stigmas may have a compensatory effect, increasing the chances of pollen grains reaching the stigma and probably maintaining disassortative intermorph pollination in distylous plants.
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- R Trevizan
- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Biodiversidade Evolução e Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Mora‐Carrera E, Stubbs RL, Potente G, Yousefi N, Keller B, de Vos JM, Szövényi P, Conti E. Genomic analyses elucidate S-locus evolution in response to intra-specific losses of distyly in Primula vulgaris. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e10940. [PMID: 38516570 PMCID: PMC10955462 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Distyly, a floral dimorphism that promotes outcrossing, is controlled by a hemizygous genomic region known as the S-locus. Disruptions of genes within the S-locus are responsible for the loss of distyly and the emergence of homostyly, a floral monomorphism that favors selfing. Using whole-genome resequencing data of distylous and homostylous individuals from populations of Primula vulgaris and leveraging high-quality reference genomes of Primula we tested, for the first time, predictions about the evolutionary consequences of transitions to selfing on S-genes. Our results reveal a previously undetected structural rearrangement in CYPᵀ associated with the shift to homostyly and confirm previously reported, homostyle-specific, loss-of-function mutations in the exons of the S-gene CYPᵀ. We also discovered that the promoter and intronic regions of CYPᵀ in distylous and homostylous individuals are conserved, suggesting that down-regulation of CYPᵀ via mutations in its promoter and intronic regions is not a cause of the shift to homostyly. Furthermore, we found that hemizygosity is associated with reduced genetic diversity in S-genes compared with their paralogs outside the S-locus. Additionally, the shift to homostyly lowers genetic diversity in both the S-genes and their paralogs, as expected in primarily selfing plants. Finally, we tested, for the first time, long-standing theoretical models of changes in S-locus genotypes during early stages of the transition to homostyly, supporting the assumption that two copies of the S-locus might reduce homostyle fitness.
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- E. Mora‐Carrera
- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Environmental Sciences – BotanyUniversity of BaselBaselSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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Betancourt Z, Soriano PJ, Valois-Cuesta H. Long-and short-billed hummingbirds as pollinators of Palicourea demissa, a distylous treelet of Neotropical cloud forests. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2023; 136:841-852. [PMID: 37665471 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-023-01492-2] [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: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Distyly has been interpreted as a mechanism that promotes cross-pollination between floral morphs. According to this hypothesis, pollen from anthers positioned at different heights could adhere to different body parts of the pollinator that would correspond to those points where stigmas of compatible morph contact the animal. In this regard, hummingbird species with different bill sizes may play different roles as pollinators of each morph. If pollinators mobilize more legitimate pollen towards one of the two morphs, gender specialization may occur. This work aimed to assess experimentally the role of long- and short-billed hummingbirds as pollinators of short-style (SS) and long-style (LS) flowers of Palicourea demissa, a distylous, hummingbird-pollinated treelet in Venezuelan cloud forests. Flowers were emasculated and exposed to a single visit of the hummingbird Coeligena torquata (long-billed), Heliangelus spencei (short-billed) or Adelomyia melanogenys (short-billed). Later, stigmas were removed, and pollen load counted under a microscope to calculate the probability of legitimate- and illegitimate-pollen transfer by hummingbirds. The probability analyses of pollen transference showed that short-billed hummingbirds have higher pollination probabilities from SS-anthers to LS- and SS-stigmas, and from LS-anther to LS-stigmas than from LS-anther to SS-stigmas. In contrast, long-billed hummingbirds have higher probabilities of pollen transference from LS-anthers to SS-stigmas than in other directions. A deeper view of the sexual expression of each morph in P. demissa will depend on future studies that determine possible morpho-differences in the biological function of male and female floral structures, and the role played by less frequent floral visitors as mediators of legitimate pollination between floral morphs.
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- Zamira Betancourt
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, 5101, Mérida, Venezuela
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, 5101, Mérida, Venezuela
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- Programa de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó, B/ Nicolás Medrano, 292, Quibdó, Chocó, AA, Colombia.
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Wang X, Chen Y, Yi Y. Features of floral odor and nectar in the distylous Luculia pinceana (Rubiaceae) promote compatible pollination by hawkmoths. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e9920. [PMID: 36969924 PMCID: PMC10030271 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9920] [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: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023] Open
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It is hypothesized that in heterostylous plant species, standardization of signals of floral attraction between different morphs is advantageous, encouraging flower visitors to switch between morphs. It remains unclear whether signals of floral attraction (floral odor and properties of nectar) are similar between morphs in distylous species pollinated by hawkmoths, and how these relate to hawkmoth behavior. We observed the behavior of visitors to distylous Luculia pinceana (Rubiaceae), collected and analyzed floral odor, and examined properties of nectar (volume, sugar concentration, and composition) of long‐styled and short‐styled morphs during the day and night. Pollinator responses to the floral scent were tested with a Y‐tube olfactometer. We conducted diurnal and nocturnal pollination treatments and six other pollination treatments to test the importance of nocturnal pollinators and to examine the self‐incompatibility system. A species of hawkmoth, Cechenena lineosa, was the effective pollinator. The floral odor was rich in methyl benzoate, and sucrose was dominant in the nectar. There were no significant differences between the two morphs in the methyl benzoate content or the properties of nectar. Flowers released more methyl benzoate and secreted larger volumes of nectar with lower sugar concentration at night than during the day. The hawkmoth had a significant preference for methyl benzoate. Luculia pinceana was partially self‐incompatible and relied on nocturnal pollinators for reproductive success. This study verifies that floral attraction signals are consistent between different morphs in this distylous species, promoting compatible pollination, and the features and the diel pattern of these signals between day and night are adapted to hawkmoth behavior.
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- Xiaoyue Wang
- Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Biodiversity Conservation in Karst Mountainous Areas of Southwestern ChinaGuizhou Normal UniversityGuiyangChina
- School of Life SciencesGuizhou Normal UniversityGuiyangChina
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Biodiversity Conservation in Karst Mountainous Areas of Southwestern ChinaGuizhou Normal UniversityGuiyangChina
- School of Life SciencesGuizhou Normal UniversityGuiyangChina
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Biodiversity Conservation in Karst Mountainous Areas of Southwestern ChinaGuizhou Normal UniversityGuiyangChina
- School of Life SciencesGuizhou Normal UniversityGuiyangChina
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Mora‐Carrera E, Stubbs RL, Keller B, Léveillé‐Bourret É, de Vos JM, Szövényi P, Conti E. Different molecular changes underlie the same phenotypic transition: Origins and consequences of independent shifts to homostyly within species. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:61-78. [PMID: 34761469 PMCID: PMC10078681 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The repeated transition from outcrossing to selfing is a key topic in evolutionary biology. However, the molecular basis of such shifts has been rarely examined due to lack of knowledge of the genes controlling these transitions. A classic example of mating system transition is the repeated shift from heterostyly to homostyly. Occurring in 28 angiosperm families, heterostyly is characterized by the reciprocal position of male and female sexual organs in two (or three) distinct, usually self-incompatible floral morphs. Conversely, homostyly is characterized by a single, self-compatible floral morph with reduced separation of male and female organs, facilitating selfing. Here, we investigate the origins of homostyly in Primula vulgaris and its microevolutionary consequences by integrating surveys of the frequency of homostyles in natural populations, DNA sequence analyses of the gene controlling the position of female sexual organs (CYPᵀ), and microsatellite genotyping of both progeny arrays and natural populations characterized by varying frequencies of homostyles. As expected, we found that homostyles displace short-styled individuals, but long-style morphs are maintained at low frequencies within populations. We also demonstrated that homostyles repeatedly evolved from short-styled individuals in association with different types of loss-of-function mutations in CYPᵀ. Additionally, homostyly triggers a shift to selfing, promoting increased inbreeding within and genetic differentiation among populations. Our results elucidate the causes and consequences of repeated transitions to homostyly within species, and the putative mechanisms precluding its fixation in P. vulgaris. This study represents a benchmark for future analyses of losses of heterostyly in other angiosperms.
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- Emiliano Mora‐Carrera
- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- Département de Sciences BiologiquesInstitut de Recherche en Biologie VégétaleUniversité de MontréalMontréalQuébecCanada
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- Department of Environmental Sciences – BotanyUniversity of BaselBaselSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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Genomic analyses of the Linum distyly supergene reveal convergent evolution at the molecular level. Curr Biol 2022; 32:4360-4371.e6. [PMID: 36087578 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Supergenes govern multi-trait-balanced polymorphisms in a wide range of systems; however, our understanding of their origins and evolution remains incomplete. The reciprocal placement of stigmas and anthers in pin and thrum floral morphs of distylous species constitutes an iconic example of a balanced polymorphism governed by a supergene, the distyly S-locus. Recent studies have shown that the Primula and Turnera distyly supergenes are both hemizygous in thrums, but it remains unknown whether hemizygosity is pervasive among distyly S-loci. As hemizygosity has major consequences for supergene evolution and loss, clarifying whether this genetic architecture is shared among distylous species is critical. Here, we have characterized the genetic architecture and evolution of the distyly supergene in Linum by generating a chromosome-level genome assembly of Linum tenue, followed by the identification of the S-locus using population genomic data. We show that hemizygosity and thrum-specific expression of S-linked genes, including a pistil-expressed candidate gene for style length, are major features of the Linum S-locus. Structural variation is likely instrumental for recombination suppression, and although the non-recombining dominant haplotype has accumulated transposable elements, S-linked genes are not under relaxed purifying selection. Our findings reveal remarkable convergence in the genetic architecture and evolution of independently derived distyly supergenes, provide a counterexample to classic inversion-based supergenes, and shed new light on the origin and maintenance of an iconic floral polymorphism.
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Simón‐Porcar VI, Muñoz‐Pajares AJ, de Castro A, Arroyo J. Direct evidence supporting Darwin's hypothesis of cross-pollination promoted by sex organ reciprocity. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 235:2099-2110. [PMID: 35596603 PMCID: PMC9546006 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The floral phenotype plays a main role in the attraction and fit of pollinators. Both perianth traits and the positioning of sex organs can be subjected to natural selection and determine nonrandom mating patterns in populations. In stylar-polymorphic species, the Darwinian hypothesis predicts increased mating success between individuals with sex organs at equivalent heights (i.e. with higher reciprocity). We used paternity analyses in experimental populations of a stylar-dimorphic species. By comparing the observed mating patterns with those expected under random mating, we tested the effects of sex organ reciprocity and perianth traits on mating success. We also analysed phenotypic selection on perianth traits through female and male functions. The (dis)similarity of parental perianth traits had no direct effects on the mating patterns. Sex organ reciprocity had a positive effect on mating success. Narrow floral tubes increased this effect in upper sex organs. Perianth traits showed little signs of phenotypic selection. Female and absolute fitness measures resulted in different patterns of phenotypic selection. We provide precise empirical evidence of the Darwinian hypothesis about the functioning of stylar polymorphisms, demonstrating that mating patterns are determined by sex organ reciprocity and only those perianth traits which are critical to pollinator fit.
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- Department of GeneticsUniversity of GranadaE‐18071GranadaSpain
- Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO)Campus Agrário de Vairão4485‐661VairãoPortugal
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- Department of Plant Biology and EcologyUniversity of SevilleE‐41080SevilleSpain
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- Department of Plant Biology and EcologyUniversity of SevilleE‐41080SevilleSpain
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Cardoso JCF, Trevizan R, Matallana-Puerto CA, Gonçalves RV, Oliveira PE, Coelho CP, Matias R. Do distylous syntopic plant species partition their floral morphological traits? Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blac072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Morphological niche partitioning between related syntopic plants that are distylous (with short- and long-styled morphs) is complex. Owing to differences in the heights of stigmas and anthers, each floral morph must place pollen onto two distinct parts of the body of the pollinator. This led us to hypothesize that such partitioning should be more accurate among distylous syntopic species in comparison to combinations with other related plants that do not co-occur. We tested these assumptions using a set of Palicourea (Rubiaceae) species as a model system. We compared the distribution, flowering phenology, floral measurements and reciprocity of sexual organ heights of two syntopic species (Palicourea rigida and Palicourea coriacea) and one non-syntopic congener (Palicourea marcgravii). The three species overlapped in their distributions and flowering periods. The position of sexual organs was, in most cases, partitioned between syntopic populations, with low overlap in anther and stigma heights. However, we found a higher overlap involving the non-syntopic species, especially between Palicourea rigida and Palicourea marcgravii. Additionally, reciprocity of sexual organs was more accurate in intraspecific inter-morph combinations (i.e. legitimate organ correspondence) in comparison to intraspecific intra-morph, interspecific syntopic and interspecific non-syntopic combinations. The partitioning of morphological traits between syntopic species might facilitate the differential placement of pollen on the body of the pollinator and reduce the chances of interspecific interference.
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- João Custódio Fernandes Cardoso
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia , Uberlândia, MG , Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas , Campinas, SP , Brazil
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- Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions, University of Wollongong , Wollongong , NSW , Australia
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Potente G, Léveillé-Bourret É, Yousefi N, Choudhury RR, Keller B, Diop SI, Duijsings D, Pirovano W, Lenhard M, Szövényi P, Conti E. Comparative Genomics Elucidates the Origin of a Supergene Controlling Floral Heteromorphism. Mol Biol Evol 2022; 39:msac035. [PMID: 35143659 PMCID: PMC8859637 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Supergenes are nonrecombining genomic regions ensuring the coinheritance of multiple, coadapted genes. Despite the importance of supergenes in adaptation, little is known on how they originate. A classic example of supergene is the S locus controlling heterostyly, a floral heteromorphism occurring in 28 angiosperm families. In Primula, heterostyly is characterized by the cooccurrence of two complementary, self-incompatible floral morphs and is controlled by five genes clustered in the hemizygous, ca. 300-kb S locus. Here, we present the first chromosome-scale genome assembly of any heterostylous species, that of Primula veris (cowslip). By leveraging the high contiguity of the P. veris assembly and comparative genomic analyses, we demonstrated that the S-locus evolved via multiple, asynchronous gene duplications and independent gene translocations. Furthermore, we discovered a new whole-genome duplication in Ericales that is specific to the Primula lineage. We also propose a mechanism for the origin of S-locus hemizygosity via nonhomologous recombination involving the newly discovered two pairs of CFB genes flanking the S locus. Finally, we detected only weak signatures of degeneration in the S locus, as predicted for hemizygous supergenes. The present study provides a useful resource for future research addressing key questions on the evolution of supergenes in general and the S locus in particular: How do supergenes arise? What is the role of genome architecture in the evolution of complex adaptations? Is the molecular architecture of heterostyly supergenes across angiosperms similar to that of Primula?
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- Giacomo Potente
- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- BaseClear BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Département de Sciences Biologiques, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- BaseClear BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Zurich, Switzerland
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Zhang W, Hu YF, He X, Zhou W, Shao JW. Evolution of Autonomous Selfing in Marginal Habitats: Spatiotemporal Variation in the Floral Traits of the Distylous Primula wannanensis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:781281. [PMID: 34975966 PMCID: PMC8716950 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.781281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Outcrossing plant species are more likely to exhibit autonomous selfing in marginal habitats to ensure reproduction under conditions of limited pollinator and/or mate availability. Distyly is a classical paradigm that promotes outcrossing; however, little is known about the variation in floral traits associated with distylous syndrome in marginal populations. In this study, we compared the variation in floral traits including stigma and anther height, corolla tube length, herkogamy, and corolla diameter between the central and peripheral populations of the distylous Primula wannanensis, and assessed the variation of floral traits at early and late florescence stages for each population. To evaluate the potential consequences of the variation in floral traits on the mating system, we investigated seed set in each population under both open-pollinated and pollinator-excluded conditions. The flower size of both short- and long-styled morphs was significantly reduced in late-opening flowers compared with early opening flowers in both central and peripheral populations. Sex-organ reciprocity was perfect in early opening flowers; however, it was largely weakened in the late-opening flowers of peripheral populations compared with central populations. Of these flowers, disproportionate change in stigma height (elongated in S-morph and shortened in L-morph) was the main cause of reduced herkogamy, and seed set was fairly high under pollinator-excluded condition. Our results provide empirical support for the hypothesis on the evolution of delayed autonomous selfing in marginal populations of distylous species. Unsatisfactory pollinator service is likely to have promoted reproductive assurance of distylous plants with largely reduced herkogamy mimicking "homostyles."
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- Wei Zhang
- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Biological Resources, Wuhu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- Lijiang Forest Biodiversity National Observation and Research Station, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lijiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Biological Resources, Wuhu, China
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Ganguly S, Barua D. Inter-morph pollen flow and reproductive success in a self-compatible species with stigma-height dimorphism: the influence of herkogamy and reciprocity. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2021; 23:939-946. [PMID: 34396659 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13308] [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: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Inter-morph pollen transfer and its dependence on herkogamy and reciprocity are not completely understood in species with stigma-height dimorphism. We asked whether total stigmatic pollen loads, inter-morph fraction of pollen load and reproductive success differed between morphs in Jasminum malabaricum, a species exhibiting stigma-height dimorphism. We tested whether higher herkogamy and reciprocity resulted in higher inter-morph pollen deposition and reproductive success. We quantified individual-level estimates of herkogamy, reciprocity, total stigmatic pollen load, inter-morph stigmatic pollen fraction and fruit set for both morphs in naturally occurring populations of J. malabaricum. Total pollen load was higher in the long-styled morph, inter-morph pollen fraction was higher in the short-styled morph, but fruit set did not differ between morphs. Higher herkogamy resulted in a higher inter-morph fraction of pollen load and fruit set in the long-styled morph of one population. In the other population, only reciprocity was found to be related to inter-morph pollen deposition. This study is the first to quantify and report natural inter-morph stigmatic pollen load in a species with stigma-height dimorphism. Morph-specific differences in pollen load were similar to patterns commonly observed in heterostylous species. The results highlight the importance of both herkogamy and reciprocity in facilitating inter-morph pollen transfer. Population-specific patterns indicate that local environmental factors determine the relative functional importance of herkogamy and reciprocity.
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- S Ganguly
- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
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Cohen JI, Rodriguez H, Hutcheson H. DISTYLY IN OREOCARYA CRASSIPES (BORAGINACEAE), AN ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES. SOUTHWEST NAT 2021. [DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909-65.2.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- James I. Cohen
- Kettering University, Applied Biology, Flint, MI 48503 (JIC, HH)
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- Texas A&M International University, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Laredo, TX 78041 (HR)
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- Kettering University, Applied Biology, Flint, MI 48503 (JIC, HH)
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Karron JD, Christopher DA, Semski WR. Pollen transport: Illuminating a key mechanism of disassortative pollination. Curr Biol 2021; 31:R893-R895. [PMID: 34314713 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Floral sexual polymorphisms have evolved repeatedly in angiosperms and are thought to reduce self-pollination and increase pollen export. Using a powerful pollen-labeling technique, quantum dots, a new study shows that pollen placement on pollinator bodies plays a critical role in disassortative pollination.
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- Jeffrey D Karron
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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A combination of pollen mosaics on pollinators and floral handedness facilitates the increase of outcross pollen movement. Curr Biol 2021; 31:3180-3184.e3. [PMID: 34043951 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Darwin devoted an entire book to style and stamen polymorphisms, exemplifying the importance of pollen movement efficiency as a selective agent on floral form.1 However, after its publication, his interest was piqued by a description of floral handedness2 or enantiostyly.3 Todd2 described how left- and right-handed Solanum rostratum flowers have styles deflected to the left and right, respectively. Darwin4 wrote to Todd for seeds so that he could "…have the pleasure of seeing the flowers and experimenting on them," but he died just days later on 19 April 1882. More than a century elapsed before the first experiments demonstrated that handedness leads to high rates of outcrossing.5,6 By attaching quantum dots to pollen grains, we tracked pollen movement in Wachendorfia paniculata, which has one stamen on the same side of the style and two deflected in the opposite direction. We found that handedness leads to outcrossing because left- and right-handed morphs place most of their pollen on different sides of the pollinators. However, the partial separation of stamens and style also results in two-dimensional pollen quality mosaics on each side of carpenter bee pollinators, generating hotspots and coldspots of outcrossed pollen. Similar mosaics were not found on honeybee pollinators. Outcrossed pollen receipt was much higher than expected because stigmatic positions are fine-tuned to match the outcross pollen hotspots on carpenter bees. Exploitation of these pollen mosaics enables plants to increase the probability of between-morph (i.e., disassortative), outcross pollen movement beyond the expectations of enantiostyly.
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Ganguly S, Barua D. High herkogamy but low reciprocity characterizes isoplethic populations of Jasminum malabaricum, a species with stigma-height dimorphism. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2020; 22:899-909. [PMID: 32352185 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Studies of floral polymorphisms have focused on heterostyly, while stigma-height dimorphism has received considerably less attention. Few studies have examined the reproductive biology of species with stigma-height dimorphism to understand how factors influencing mate availability and pollen transfer are related to morph ratios in populations. Floral morphological traits, especially herkogamy and reciprocity, pollinator visitation, breeding system and spatiotemporal mate availability, are known to affect inter-morph pollination and morph ratios in species with stigma-height dimorphism. In this study, we investigated the presence of stigma-height dimorphism and estimated morph ratios in four naturally occurring populations of Jasminum malabaricum. We quantified morph- and population-specific differences in the abovementioned factors in these populations to understand the observed morph ratios. The positions of anthers and stigmas were characteristic of stigma-height dimorphism, the first report of this polymorphism in the genus. All study populations were isoplethic, implying equal fitness of both morphs. Herkogamy was higher in the short-styled morph, while reciprocity was higher between the long-styled stigma and short-styled anthers. Long- and short-tongued pollinators were common floral visitors, and we observed no differences between morphs in spatiotemporal mate availability or pollinator visitation. Neither morph exhibited self- or heteromorphic incompatibility. The short-styled stigma had lower reciprocity but likely receives sufficient inter-morph pollen from long-tongued pollinators, and also by avoiding self-pollination due to higher herkogamy. These results highlight the importance of sufficient effective pollinators and floral morphological features, particularly herkogamy, in maintaining isoplethy in species with stigma-height dimorphism.
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- S Ganguly
- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
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Supergene evolution via stepwise duplications and neofunctionalization of a floral-organ identity gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:23148-23157. [PMID: 32868445 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2006296117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Heterostyly represents a fascinating adaptation to promote outbreeding in plants that evolved multiple times independently. While l-morph individuals form flowers with long styles, short anthers, and small pollen grains, S-morph individuals have flowers with short styles, long anthers, and large pollen grains. The difference between the morphs is controlled by an S-locus "supergene" consisting of several distinct genes that determine different traits of the syndrome and are held together, because recombination between them is suppressed. In Primula, the S locus is a roughly 300-kb hemizygous region containing five predicted genes. However, with one exception, their roles remain unclear, as does the evolutionary buildup of the S locus. Here we demonstrate that the MADS-box GLOBOSA2 (GLO2) gene at the S locus determines anther position. In Primula forbesii S-morph plants, GLO2 promotes growth by cell expansion in the fused tube of petals and stamen filaments beneath the anther insertion point; by contrast, neither pollen size nor male incompatibility is affected by GLO2 activity. The paralogue GLO1, from which GLO2 arose by duplication, has maintained the ancestral B-class function in specifying petal and stamen identity, indicating that GLO2 underwent neofunctionalization, likely at the level of the encoded protein. Genetic mapping and phylogenetic analysis indicate that the duplications giving rise to the style-length-determining gene CYP734A50 and to GLO2 occurred sequentially, with the CYP734A50 duplication likely the first. Together these results provide the most detailed insight into the assembly of a plant supergene yet and have important implications for the evolution of heterostyly.
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Matias R, Pérez-Barrales R, Consolaro H. Patterns of variation in distylous traits and reproductive consequences in Erythroxylum species and populations. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2020; 107:910-922. [PMID: 32462680 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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PREMISE Distylous species possess two floral morphs with reciprocal positioning of stigmas and anthers that is hypothesized to promote disassortative pollination. Theoretical models predict equal morph frequencies, but many populations depart from the expected 1:1 ratio, a pattern that often correlates with asymmetric mating between morphs and/or presence of a weak incompatibility system. Variation in reciprocity can also affect the likelihood of disassortative pollination and, hence, reproductive fitness. METHODS We described variation in incompatibility systems and morph ratio in four Erythroxylum species to test if greater deviations from 1:1 ratios occur in populations of self-compatible species. Using adaptive inaccuracy, we described upper and lower organ reciprocity in species and populations and assessed the relationship of reciprocity to population means and coefficients of variation for fruit set to test if reciprocity could predict female reproductive success. RESULTS Morphs occurred in 1:1 ratios in most populations of three Erythroxylum species with distylous self-incompatibility. In self-compatible E. campestre populations showed an excess of the long-styled morph, the short-styled morph, or were monomorphic for the short-styled morph. We detected deviations from reciprocity, with total inaccuracy ranging between 9.39% and 42.94%, and inaccuracy values were lowest in low organs. Across populations, we found a positive relationship between inaccuracy and the coefficient of variation of fruit set. CONCLUSIONS Erythroxylum species showed variation in the distylous syndrome, with changes in the incompatibility system that corresponded with deviations from 1:1 morph ratio, and variation in reciprocity that correlated with variation in female reproductive fitness.
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- Raphael Matias
- Graduate Program in Botany, University of Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
- Academic Areas Department, Federal Institute of Goiás, Águas Lindas, Goiás, Brazil
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- Biotechnology Institute, Federal University of Catalão, Catalão, Goiás, Brazil
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Christie K, Strauss SY. Frequency-dependent fitness and reproductive dynamics contribute to habitat segregation in sympatric jewelflowers. Proc Biol Sci 2020; 287:20200559. [PMID: 32396796 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Coexistence results from a complex suite of past and contemporary processes including biogeographic history, adaptation, ecological interactions and reproductive dynamics. Here we explore drivers of local micro-parapatry in which two closely related and reproductively isolated Streptanthus species (jewelflower, Brassicaceae) inhabit continuous or adjacent habitat patches and occur within seed dispersal range, yet rarely overlap in fine-scale distribution. We find some evidence for abiotic niche partitioning and local adaptation, however differential survival across habitats cannot fully explain the scarcity of coexistence. Competition may also reduce the fitness of individuals migrating into occupied habitats, yet its effects are insufficient to drive competitive exclusion. Experimental migrants suffered reduced seed production and seed viability at sites occupied by heterospecifics, and we infer that heterospecific pollen transfer by shared pollinators contributes to wasted gametes when the two congeners come into contact. A minority disadvantage may reduce effective colonization of patches already occupied by heterospecifics, even when habitat patches are environmentally suitable. Differential adaptation and resource competition have often been evoked as primary drivers of habitat segregation in plants, yet negative reproductive interactions-including reproductive interference and decreased fecundity among low-frequency migrants-may also contribute to non-overlapping distributions of related species along local tension zones.
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- Kyle Christie
- Department of Evolution and Ecology, and Center for Population Biology, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616-5270, USA
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- Department of Evolution and Ecology, and Center for Population Biology, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616-5270, USA
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Barrett SCH. 'A most complex marriage arrangement': recent advances on heterostyly and unresolved questions. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 224:1051-1067. [PMID: 31631362 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Heterostylous genetic polymorphisms provide paradigmatic systems for investigating adaptation and natural selection. Populations are usually comprised of two (distyly) or three (tristyly) mating types, maintained by negative frequency-dependent selection resulting from disassortative mating. Theory predicts this mating system should result in equal style-morph ratios (isoplethy) at equilibrium. Here, I review recent advances on heterostyly, focusing on examples challenging stereotypical depictions of the polymorphism and unresolved questions. Comparative analyses indicate multiple origins of heterostyly, often within lineages. Ecological studies demonstrate that structural components of heterostyly are adaptations improving the proficiency of animal-mediated cross-pollination and reducing pollen wastage. Both neutral and selective processes cause deviations from isoplethy in heterostylous populations, and, under some ecological and demographic conditions, cause breakdown of the polymorphism, resulting in either the evolution of autogamy and mixed mating, or transitions to alternative outcrossing systems, including dioecy. Earlier ideas on the genetic architecture of the S-locus supergene governing distyly have recently been overturned by discovery that the dominant S-haplotype is a hemizygous region absent from the s-haplotype. Ecological, phylogenetic and molecular genetic data have validated some features of theoretical models on the selection of the polymorphism. Although heterostyly is the best-understood floral polymorphism in angiosperms, many unanswered questions remain.
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- Spencer C H Barrett
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, M5S 3B2, Canada
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Costa J, Torices R, Barrett SCH. Evolutionary history of the buildup and breakdown of the heterostylous syndrome in Plumbaginaceae. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 224:1278-1289. [PMID: 30825331 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The evolutionary pathways leading to the heterostylous syndrome are not well understood, and models concerning the origins of distyly differ in the order in which reciprocal herkogamy and self-incompatibility evolve. We investigated the evolution and breakdown of distyly in Plumbaginaceae, a family with considerable diversity of floral traits and reproductive systems. Using Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo analyses and stochastic character mapping, we examined the evolutionary assembly and breakdown of the heterostylous syndrome based on a well-resolved phylogeny of 121 species of Plumbaginaceae and six outgroup taxa using five nuclear and plastid gene regions. We used the distribution of reproductive traits and reconstructed ancestral characters across phylogenies to evaluate competing models for the evolution of distyly. The most likely common ancestor of Plumbaginaceae was self-incompatible and monomorphic for sex-organ arrangement and pollen-stigma characters. Character state reconstructions indicated that reciprocal herkogamy evolved at least three times and that shifts to selfing and apomixis occurred on multiple occasions. Our results provide comparative support for the early ideas of H. G. Baker on evolutionary pathways in Plumbaginaceae, and the more recent selfing avoidance model by D. & B. Charlesworth in which distyly evolves from self-incompatible ancestors.
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- Joana Costa
- Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Area of Biodiversity and Conservation, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán s/n., Móstoles, Madrid, E-28933, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 3B2
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Shao JW, Wang HF, Fang SP, Conti E, Chen YJ, Zhu HM. Intraspecific variation of self-incompatibility in the distylous plant Primula merrilliana. AOB PLANTS 2019; 11:plz030. [PMID: 32489575 PMCID: PMC6557196 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plz030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Heteromorphic self-incompatibility can prevent self- and intramorph fertilization while favouring intermorph mating and the maintenance of morph-ratio stability in heterostylous populations. However, variation in the expression of self-incompatibility intraspecies has seldom been assessed. Through hand pollinations and microsatellite markers, the variation in the expression of self-incompatibility and genetic diversity were studied in distylous plant Primula merrilliana. We discovered that the strength of self-incompatibility varied extensively among individuals and populations, from pronounced to weaker self-incompatibility in distylous populations, all the way to strong self-compatibility in homostylous populations. Each distylous population included self-incompatible (SI), partly self-compatible (PSC) and self-compatible (SC) individuals, with the index of self-compatibility (ISC) ranging from 0.07 to 0.68 across populations. Self-compatible populations (ISC > 0.25) were not genetically clustered but were more closely related to populations with high SI and SC individuals were mixed with SI individuals within populations. The ISC and the proportions of SC and PSC individuals were higher in peripheral than in central populations, but no decrease of genetic diversity and no deviations of floral morph ratio from isoplethy were detected in peripheral populations. Additionally, the expression of self-incompatibility was stronger in long-styled flowers than in short-styled flowers. The variation in the strength of self-incompatibility documented in P. merrilliana cautions against the estimation of ISC from a few individuals or populations in distylous species and provides a more complex and nuanced understanding of the role of self-incompatibility in heterostyly.
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- Jian-Wen Shao
- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, P.R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Conservation and Employment of Biological Resources of Anhui, Wuhu, P.R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, P.R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, P.R. China
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany and Botanic Garden, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, P.R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, P.R. China
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Minnaar C, Anderson B, de Jager ML, Karron JD. Plant-pollinator interactions along the pathway to paternity. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2019; 123:225-245. [PMID: 30535041 PMCID: PMC6344347 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Background The male fitness pathway, from pollen production to ovule fertilization, is thought to strongly influence reproductive trait evolution in animal-pollinated plants. This pathway is characterized by multiple avenues of pollen loss which may lead to reductions in male fitness. However, empirical data on the mechanistic processes leading to pollen loss during transport are limited, and we therefore lack a comprehensive understanding of how male fitness is influenced by each step in the pollination process. Scope This review assesses the history of studying male function in plants and identifies critical gaps in our understanding of the ecology and evolution of pollen transport. We explore male reproductive function along the steps of the pathway to paternity and discuss evolutionary options to overcome barriers to siring success. In particular, we present a newly emerging idea that bodies of pollinators function as a dynamic arena facilitating intense male-male competition, where pollen of rival males is constantly covered or displaced by competitors. This perspective extends the pollen-competitive arena beyond the confines of the stigma and style, and highlights the opportunity for important new breakthroughs in the study of male reproductive strategies and floral evolution.
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- Corneile Minnaar
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Arima K, Kyogoku D, Nakahama N, Suetsugu K, Ohtani M, Ishii C, Terauchi H, Terauchi Y, Isagi Y. Mating pattern of a distylous primrose in a natural population: unilateral outcrossing and asymmetric selfing between sexual morphs. Evol Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10682-018-9965-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Li HD, Ren ZX, Zhou W, Bernhardt P, Zhao YH, Wu ZK, Li DZ, Wang H. Comparative intra- and interspecific sexual organ reciprocity in four distylous Primula species in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2018; 20:643-653. [PMID: 29683559 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Distyly is a mechanism promoting cross-pollination within a balanced polymorphism. Numerous studies show that the degree of inter-morph sexual organ reciprocity (SOR) within species relates to its pollen-mediated gene flow. Similarly, a lower interspecific SOR should promote interspecific isolation when congeners are sympatric, co-blooming and share pollinators. In this comparative study, we address the significance of SOR at both intra- and interspecific levels. Seventeen allopatric and eight sympatric populations representing four Primula species (P. anisodora, P. beesiana, P. bulleyana and P. poissonii) native to the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains were measured for eight floral traits in both long- and short-styled morphs. GLMM and spatial overlap methods were used to compare intra- and interspecific SOR. While floral morphology differed among four Primula species, SOR within species was generally higher than between species, but in species pairs P. poissonii/P. anisodora and P. beesiana/P. bulleyana, the SOR was high at both intra- and interspecific levels. We did not detect a significant variation in intraspecific SOR or interspecific SOR when comparing allopatric versus sympatric populations for all species studied. As intraspecific SOR increased, disassortative mating may be promoted. As interspecific SOR decreased, interspecific isolation between co-flowering species pairs also may increase. Hybridisation between congeners occurred when interspecific SOR increased in sympatric populations, as confirmed in two species pairs, P. poissonii/P. anisodora and P. beesiana/P. bulleyana.
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- H-D Li
- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Lijiang Forest Ecosystem Research Station, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Jiang XF, Zhu XF, Li QJ. Variation in the degree of reciprocal herkogamy affects the degree of legitimate pollination in a distylous species. AOB PLANTS 2018; 10:ply022. [PMID: 29765587 PMCID: PMC5941151 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/ply022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Distyly is a widespread floral polymorphism characterized by the flowers within a population showing reciprocal placement of the anthers and stigma. Darwin hypothesizes that distyly evolves to promote precise pollen transfer between morphs. Primula chungensis exhibits two types of anther heights, and these two types of anthers show pollen of two different size classes. To understand whether the stigma could capture more pollen grains from the anthers of the pollen donor as the separation between the stigma of pollen receiver and the anther of pollen donor decreased, the present research assessed the source of the pollen load in a series of open-pollinated flowers with continuous variation of style lengths. Individuals with continuous variation of style length were tagged, and the selected flowers in the tagged plants were emasculated the day before dehiscence. The stigma of the emasculated flowers was fixed in fuchsin gel at the end of blooming. We assessed the pollen sources on each stigma by taking photos under a microscope and measured the diameter of each conspecific pollen grain with ImageJ. We found that a shorter distance from the stigmas to the anthers of a pollen donor gave the flower a higher capacity to receive pollen from those anthers. Our result provides a new evidence that distyly could promote the pollen transfer between morphs, which is consistent with Darwin's hypothesis of disassortative pollination. An alternative hypothesis for the evolution of distyly (e.g. selfing avoidance) might also be true, but less likely, because self-incompatibility would greatly avoid self-fertilization for many distylous species.
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- Xian-Feng Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, State Key Laboratory in Conservation and Utilization of Bioresources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Examination of S-Locus Regulated Differential Expression in Primula vulgaris Floral Development. PLANTS 2018; 7:plants7020038. [PMID: 29724049 PMCID: PMC6027539 DOI: 10.3390/plants7020038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 03/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Recent findings on the molecular basis of heteromorphic self-incompatibility in Primula have shown that the controlling self-incompatibility (S)-locus is not allelic, but is instead a small hemizygous region of only a few genes in the thrum genotype. How these genes alter the development of floral morphology and the specificity of self-incompatibility is still not completely clear. In order to start to identify genes regulated by the S-locus and elucidate the large-scale biological processes affected, we used RNA-seq data from floral buds of heteromorphic P. vulgaris pin (long style, short anthers) and thrum (short style, long anthers) morphs at early and late developmental time points. Differential expression between the two morphs was assessed at both time points and Gene Ontology term analyses of these gene sets were conducted. Our findings suggest that the S-locus regulates a large number of genes outside its physical bounds and likely sets up a cascade of expression changes. Additionally, we found evidence to suggest that there may be a timing difference in pollen development between the morphs, with pin pollen development proceeding earlier than thrum pollen development. This finding provides insight into how morphological differences in pollen between the morphs may be established, but intriguingly, could also be related to the self-incompatibility phenotype.
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Jacquemyn H, Gielen M, Brys R. Is sexual organ reciprocity related to legitimate pollen deposition in distylous Pulmonaria
(Boraginaceae)? OIKOS 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.05122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Hans Jacquemyn
- KU Leuven, Biology Department; Plant Conservation and Population Biology; Kasteelpark Arenberg 31 BE-3001 Heverlee Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Biology Department; Plant Conservation and Population Biology; Kasteelpark Arenberg 31 BE-3001 Heverlee Belgium
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- Research Inst. for Forest and Nature; Geraardsbergen Belgium
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Evolution of sexual systems and growth habit in Mussaenda (Rubiaceae): Insights into the evolutionary pathways of dioecy. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 123:113-122. [PMID: 29454889 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Dioecy is a rare sexual system that is thought to represent an "evolutionary dead end". While many studies have addressed the evolution of dioecy and/or its relationship with the evolution of the woody habit, few have explored the relationship between dioecy and climbing habit, and their effects on diversification rates. Here, we study the evolution of sexual systems and growth habit in Mussaenda (Rubiaceae) using a robust phylogeny of the genus based on eight plastid regions and a broad sampling of taxa (92 of the 132 species were sampled). A time-calibrated tree was constructed to estimate diversification rates in different clades and its correlates with focal characters. More specifically, we assess evolutionary correlations between dioecy and climbing habit and their respective influences on diversification rates. Ancestral character state reconstructions revealed that distyly is the most likely ancestral state in Mussaenda. Distyly has subsequently given rise to dioecy, short-styled floral monomorphism, and long-styled floral monomorphism. Dioecy has evolved independently at least four times from distyly, and has reversed to homostylous hermaphroditism at least twice, which does not support the "evolutionary dead end" hypothesis. A significant correlation between the evolution of dioecy and climbing growth form was found in Mussaenda. It is possible that a strong association between high net diversification rates and dioecy may exist in Mussaenda, but no association was found with climbing habit.
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Kappel C, Huu CN, Lenhard M. A short story gets longer: recent insights into the molecular basis of heterostyly. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2017; 68:5719-5730. [PMID: 29099983 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Heterostyly is a fascinating adaptation to promote outbreeding and a classical paradigm of botany. In the most common type of heterostyly, plants either form flowers with long styles and short stamens, or short styles and long stamens. This reciprocal organ positioning reduces pollen wastage and promotes cross-pollination, thus increasing male fitness. In addition, in many heterostylous species selfing and the generation of unfit progeny due to inbreeding depression is limited by a self-incompatibility system, thus promoting female fitness. The two floral forms are genetically determined by the S locus as a complex supergene, namely a chromosomal region containing several individual genes that control the different traits, such as style or stamen length, and are held together by very tight linkage due to suppressed recombination. Recent molecular-genetic studies in several systems, including Turnera, Fagopyrum, Linum, and Primula have begun to identify and characterize the causal heterostyly genes residing at the S locus. An emerging theme from several families is that the dominant S haplotype represents a hemizygous region not present on the recessive s haplotype. This provides an explanation for the suppressed recombination and suggests a scenario for the chromosomal evolution of the S locus. In this review, we discuss the results from recent molecular-genetic analyses in light of the classical models on the genetics and evolution of heterostyly.
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- Christian Kappel
- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany
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Yuan S, Barrett SCH, Duan T, Qian X, Shi M, Zhang D. Ecological correlates and genetic consequences of evolutionary transitions from distyly to homostyly. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2017; 120:775-789. [PMID: 28961784 PMCID: PMC5691548 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcx098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2017] [Accepted: 07/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The outbreeding floral polymorphism heterostyly frequently breaks down, resulting in the evolution of self-fertilization as a result of homostyle formation. Here, the loss of floral polymorphism in distylous Primula oreodoxa, a sub-alpine species restricted to western Sichuan, China, was examined by investigating the ecological correlates and genetic consequences of mating system transitions. Several key questions were addressed. (1) What are the frequencies, geographical distribution and reproductive characteristics of floral morphs in distylous and homostylous populations? (2) Does increased elevation influence pollinator service and the likelihood of inbreeding in populations? (3) How often has homostyly originated and what are the consequences of the breakdown of distyly for the amounts and distribution of genetic diversity in populations? METHODS Fourteen populations throughout the range of P. oreodoxa were sampled, and morph frequencies and floral characteristics were recorded. Polymorphism at microsatellite loci and chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) variation were used to quantify population genetic structure and genetic relationships among populations. Controlled pollinations and studies of pollen tube growth and fertility were conducted to determine the compatibility status of populations and their facility for autonomous self-pollination. Finally, visitation rates of long- and short-tongued pollinators to distylous and homostylous populations at different elevations were compared to determine if increased elevation was associated with deterioration in pollinator service. KEY RESULTS In contrast to most heterostylous species, both distylous and homostylous morphs of P. oreodoxa are highly self-compatible, but only homostyles have the facility for autonomous self-pollination. Homostyles set significantly more fruit and seeds following open pollination than the distylous morphs. Visitation by long-tongued pollinators was significantly lower in homostylous populations, and overall rates of insect visitation decreased with elevation. Genetic diversity was significantly lower in homostylous populations, with evidence of increased inbreeding at higher elevation. Patterns of cpDNA variation were consistent with multiple transitions from distyly to homostyly and limited gene flow among populations. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study support the hypothesis that the multiple loss of floral polymorphism in distylous P. oreodoxa is associated with unsatisfactory pollinator service, with homostyles benefiting from reproductive assurance as a result of autonomous self-pollination.
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- Shuai Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Baena-Díaz F, Fornoni J, Sosenski P, Weller SG, Domínguez CA. Pollen and stigma size changes during the transition from tristyly to distyly in Oxalis alpina (Oxalidaceae). PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2017; 19:994-1002. [PMID: 28834046 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Pollen and stigma size have the potential to influence male fitness of hermaphroditic plants, particularly in species presenting floral polymorphisms characterised by marked differences in these traits among floral morphs. In this study, we take advantage of the evolutionary transition from tristyly to distyly experienced by Oxalis alpina (Oxalidaceae), and examined whether modifications in the ancillary traits (pollen and stigma size) respond to allometric changes in other floral traits. Also, we tested whether these modifications are in accordance with what would be expected under the hypothesis that novel competitive scenarios (as in distylous-derived reproductive system) exert morph- and whorl-specific selective pressures to match the available stigmas. We measure pollen and stigma size in five populations of O. alpina representing the tristyly-distyly transition. A general reduction in pollen and stigma size occurred along the tristyly-distyly transition, and pollen size from the two anther levels within each morph converged to a similar size that was characterised by whorl-specific changes (increases or decreases) in pollen size of different anthers in each floral type. Overall, results from this study show that the evolution of distyly in this species is characterised not only by changes in sexual organ position and flower size, but also by morph-specific changes in pollen and stigma size. This evidence supports the importance of selection on pollen and stigma size, which increase fitness of remaining morphs following the evolution of distyly, and raises questions to explore on the functional value of pollen size in heterostylous systems under pollen competition.
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- F Baena-Díaz
- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Deschepper P, Brys R, Fortuna MA, Jacquemyn H. Analysis of spatial genetic variation reveals genetic divergence among populations of Primula veris associated to contrasting habitats. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8847. [PMID: 28821787 PMCID: PMC5562905 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09154-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Genetic divergence by environment is a process whereby selection causes the formation of gene flow barriers between populations adapting to contrasting environments and is often considered to be the onset of speciation. Nevertheless, the extent to which genetic differentiation by environment on small spatial scales can be detected by means of neutral markers is still subject to debate. Previous research on the perennial herb Primula veris has shown that plants from grassland and forest habitats showed pronounced differences in phenology and flower morphology, suggesting limited gene flow between habitats. To test this hypothesis, we sampled 33 populations of P. veris consisting of forest and grassland patches and used clustering techniques and network analyses to identify sets of populations that are more connected to each other than to other sets of populations and estimated the timing of divergence. Our results showed that spatial genetic variation had a significantly modular structure and consisted of four well-defined modules that almost perfectly coincided with habitat features. Genetic divergence was estimated to have occurred about 114 generations ago, coinciding with historic major changes in the landscape. Overall, these results illustrate how populations adapting to different environments become structured genetically within landscapes on small spatial scales.
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- Pablo Deschepper
- Division of Plant Ecology and Systematics, Biology Department, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Research Institute for Forest and Nature, Gaverstraat 4, B-9500, Geraardsbergen, Belgium
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies. University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Plant Ecology and Systematics, Biology Department, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Armbruster WS, Bolstad GH, Hansen TF, Keller B, Conti E, Pélabon C. The measure and mismeasure of reciprocity in heterostylous flowers. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 215:906-917. [PMID: 28556899 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The goal of biological measurement is to capture underlying biological phenomena in numerical form. The reciprocity index applied to heterostylous flowers is meant to measure the degree of correspondence between fertile parts of opposite sex on complementary (inter-compatible) morphs, reflecting the correspondence of locations of pollen placement on, and stigma contact with, pollinators. Pollen of typical heterostylous flowers can achieve unimpeded fertilization only on opposite-morph flowers. Thus, the implicit goal of this measurement is to assess the likelihood of 'legitimate' pollinations between compatible morphs, and hence reproductive fitness. Previous reciprocity metrics fall short of this goal on both empirical and theoretical grounds. We propose a new measure of reciprocity based on theory that relates floral morphology to reproductive fitness. This method establishes a scale based on adaptive inaccuracy, a measure of the fitness cost of the deviation of phenotypes in a population from the optimal phenotype. Inaccuracy allows the estimation of independent contributions of maladaptive bias (mean departure from optimum) and imprecision (within-population variance) to the phenotypic mismatch (inaccuracy) of heterostylous morphs on a common scale. We illustrate this measure using data from three species of Primula (Primulaceae).
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- W Scott Armbruster
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2DY, UK
- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, NO-7485, Norway
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- Department of Biology, CEES & Evogene, University of Oslo, PB1016, Oslo, 0316, Norway
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zürich, 8008, Switzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zürich, 8008, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway
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Comparative proteomic analysis of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) heterostylous pistil development. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0179018. [PMID: 28586360 PMCID: PMC5460878 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Heterostyly is a common floral polymorphism, but the proteomic basis of this trait is still largely unexplored. In this study, self- and cross-pollination of L-morph and S-morph flowers and comparison of embryo sac development in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) suggested that lower fruit set from S-morph flowers results from stigma-pollen incompatibility. To explore the molecular mechanism underlying heterostyly development, we conducted isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ) proteomic analysis of eggplant pistils for L- and S-morph flowers. A total of 5,259 distinct proteins were identified during heterostyly development. Compared S-morph flowers with L-morph, we discovered 57 and 184 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) during flower development and maturity, respectively. Quantitative real time polymerase chain reactions were used for nine genes to verify DEPs from the iTRAQ approach. During flower development, DEPs were mainly involved in morphogenesis, biosynthetic processes, and metabolic pathways. At flower maturity, DEPs primarily participated in biosynthetic processes, metabolic pathways, and the formation of ribosomes and proteasomes. Additionally, some proteins associated with senescence and programmed cell death were found to be upregulated in S-morph pistils, which may lead to the lower fruit set in S-morph flowers. Although the exact roles of these related proteins are not yet known, this was the first attempt to use an iTRAQ approach to analyze proteomes of heterostylous eggplant flowers, and these results will provide insights into biochemical events taking place during the development of heterostyly.
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Burrows BA, McCubbin AG. Sequencing the genomic regions flanking S-linked PvGLO sequences confirms the presence of two GLO loci, one of which lies adjacent to the style-length determinant gene CYP734A50. PLANT REPRODUCTION 2017; 30:53-67. [PMID: 28229234 DOI: 10.1007/s00497-017-0299-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Primula vulgaris contains two GLOBOSA loci, one located adjacent to the style length determinant gene CYP734A50 which lies within the S -locus. Using a combination of BAC walking and PacBio sequencing, we have sequenced two substantial genomic contigs in and around the S-locus of Primula vulgaris. Using these data, we were able to demonstrate that two alleles of PvGlo P as well as PvGlo T can be present in the genome of a single plant, providing empirical evidence that these two forms of the MADS-box gene GLOBOSA are separate loci and not allelic as previously reported. We propose they should be renamed PvGLO1 and PvGLO2. BAC contigs extending from each GLOBOSA locus were identified and fully sequenced. No homologous genes were found between the contigs other than the GLOBOSA genes themselves, consistent with their identity as separate loci. Exons of the recently identified style-length determinant gene CYP734A50 were identified on one end of the contig containing PvGLO2 and these genes are adjacent in the genome, suggesting that PvGLO2 lies either within or at least very close to the S-locus. Current evidence suggests that both CYP734A50 and GLO2 are specific to the S-morph mating type and are hemizygous rather than heterozygous in the Primula genome. This finding contrasts classical models of the HSI locus, which propose that components of the S-locus are allelic, suggesting that these models may need to be reconsidered.
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- Benjamin A Burrows
- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-4236, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-4236, USA.
- Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-4236, USA.
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Casazza G, Boucher FC, Minuto L, Randin CF, Conti E. Do floral and niche shifts favour the establishment and persistence of newly arisen polyploids? A case study in an Alpine primrose. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2017; 119:81-93. [PMID: 28025287 PMCID: PMC5218380 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Polyploidization plays a key role in plant evolution. Despite the generally accepted 'minority-cytotype exclusion' theory, the specific mechanisms leading to successful establishment and persistence of new polyploids remain controversial. The majority of newly formed polyploids do not become established, because they are less common, have fewer potential mates or may not be able to compete successfully with co-occurring progenitors at lower ploidy levels. Changes in floral traits and ecological niches have been proposed as important mechanisms to overcome this initial frequency-dependent disadvantage. The aim of this study was to determine whether dodecaploids of the heterostylous P. marginata differ from their hexaploid progenitors in P. marginata and P. allionii for selected floral traits and ecological preferences that might be involved in establishment and persistence, providing a possible explanation for the origin of polyploidized populations. METHODS Floral morphological traits and ecological niche preferences among dodecaploids and their hexaploid progenitors in P. marginata and P. allionii ,: all restricted to the south-western Alps, were quantified and compared KEY RESULTS: Differences in floral traits were detected between dodecaploids and their closest relatives, but such differences might be too weak to counter the strength of minority cytotype disadvantage and are unlikely to enable the coexistence of different cytotypes. Furthermore, the results suggest the preservation of full distyly and no transition to selfing in dodecaploids. Finally, dodecaploids occur almost exclusively in environments that are predicted to be suitable also for their closest hexaploid relatives. CONCLUSIONS In light of the results, P. marginata dodecaploids have probably been able to establish and persist by occupying geographical areas not yet filled by their closest relatives without significant evolution in their climatic and pollination niches. Dispersal limitation and minority-cytotype exclusion probably maintain their current range disjunct from those of its close relatives.
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- Gabriele Casazza
- DISTAV, University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany and Botanic Garden, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- DISTAV, University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany and Botanic Garden, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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Keller B, de Vos JM, Schmidt‐Lebuhn AN, Thomson JD, Conti E. Both morph- and species-dependent asymmetries affect reproductive barriers between heterostylous species. Ecol Evol 2016; 6:6223-44. [PMID: 27648239 PMCID: PMC5016645 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The interaction between floral traits and reproductive isolation is crucial to explaining the extraordinary diversity of angiosperms. Heterostyly, a complex floral polymorphism that optimizes outcrossing, evolved repeatedly and has been shown to accelerate diversification in primroses, yet its potential influence on isolating mechanisms remains unexplored. Furthermore, the relative contribution of pre- versus postmating barriers to reproductive isolation is still debated. No experimental study has yet evaluated the possible effects of heterostyly on pre- and postmating reproductive mechanisms. We quantify multiple reproductive barriers between the heterostylous Primula elatior (oxlip) and P. vulgaris (primrose), which readily hybridize when co-occurring, and test whether traits of heterostyly contribute to reproductive barriers in unique ways. We find that premating isolation is key for both species, while postmating isolation is considerable only for P. vulgaris; ecogeographic isolation is crucial for both species, while phenological, seed developmental, and hybrid sterility barriers are also important in P. vulgaris, implicating sympatrically higher gene flow into P. elatior. We document for the first time that, in addition to the aforementioned species-dependent asymmetries, morph-dependent asymmetries affect reproductive barriers between heterostylous species. Indeed, the interspecific decrease of reciprocity between high sexual organs of complementary floral morphs limits interspecific pollen transfer from anthers of short-styled flowers to stigmas of long-styled flowers, while higher reciprocity between low sexual organs favors introgression over isolation from anthers of long-styled flowers to stigmas of short-styled flowers. Finally, intramorph incompatibility persists across species boundaries, but is weakened in long-styled flowers of P. elatior, opening a possible backdoor to gene flow through intramorph pollen transfer between species. Therefore, patterns of gene flow across species boundaries are likely affected by floral morph composition of adjacent populations. To summarize, our study highlights the general importance of premating isolation and newly illustrates that both morph- and species-dependent asymmetries shape boundaries between heterostylous species.
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- Barbara Keller
- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZürichZollikerstrasse 1078008ZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyBrown University80 Waterman StreetBox G‐WProvidenceRhode Island02912USA
- Present address: Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology DepartmentRoyal Botanic GardensKewRichmondSurreyTW9 3AE UK
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology DepartmentUniversity of Toronto25 Harbord St.TorontoOntarioM5S 3G5Canada
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZürichZollikerstrasse 1078008ZürichSwitzerland
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Zhou W, Li H, Wu Z, Barrett SC, Li D, Wang H. Characterization of 24 microsatellite markers in Primula chungensis (Primulaceae), a distylous-homostylous species, using MiSeq sequencing. PLANT DIVERSITY 2016; 38:89-91. [PMID: 30159452 PMCID: PMC6112135 DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2015.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2015] [Revised: 12/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/24/2015] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Primula chungensis is a species with considerable floral and mating-system variation, including distylous (outcrossing), homostylous (selfing) and mixed populations that contain both outcrossing and selfing forms. We isolated 24 microsatellite markers from P. chungensis using Illumina MiSeq sequencing. Polymorphism and genetic diversity were then measured based on a sample of 24 individuals from a natural population in southern Tibet. All loci were polymorphic with the number of alleles per locus ranging from 2 to 4. The observed and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0 to 1 and 0.219 to 0.708, respectively. The microsatellite markers we have identified will serve as valuable tools for the investigation of the population genetic structure and phylogeography of P. chungensis and will inform models of the evolutionary history of mating systems in the species.
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- Wei Zhou
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- Kunming College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto Ontario, Toronto M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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Cruzan MB, Barrett SCH. Postpollination discrimination between self and outcross pollen covaries with the mating system of a self-compatible flowering plant. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2016; 103:568-576. [PMID: 26507113 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Variation in the mating system of hermaphroditic plant populations is determined by interactions between genetic and environmental factors operating via both pre- and postmating processes. Models predicting the maintenance of intermediate outcrossing rates in animal-pollinated plants often assume that the mating system is primarily controlled by floral morphology and pollinator availability, but rarely has the influence of postpollination processes on variation in outcrossing been examined. METHODS We investigated the influence of stylar discrimination between illegitimate and legitimate pollen-tube growth and the pollen-load capacity of stigmas on mating-system variation in the annual, tristylous species Eichhornia paniculata using controlled crosses and genetic markers. This species exhibits an exceptionally broad range of outcrossing rates in natural populations. KEY RESULTS There was significant variation among populations in the pollen-load capacity of stigmas and the ability of styles to discriminate between illegitimate vs. legitimate pollen. There was strong correspondence between stylar-discrimination ability and variation in outcrossing rate among populations and style morphs. The combination of stigmatic pollen-load capacity and stylar discrimination explained more than 80% of the variation in outcrossing rates among populations. CONCLUSIONS The finding that stigmatic pollen-load capacity and stylar-discrimination ability contributed significantly to explaining the wide range of outcrossing rates in E. paniculata suggests that postpollination mechanisms play an important role in governing mating patterns in this species. The difference in levels of stylar discrimination between outcrossing and selfing populations may reflect a trade-off between selection for increased outcrossing and greater reproductive assurance.
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- Mitchell B Cruzan
- Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 97207 USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Ontario M5S 3B2 Canada
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Watanabe K, Yang TYA, Nishihara C, Huang TL, Nakamura K, Peng CI, Sugawara T. Distyly and floral morphology of Psychotria cephalophora (Rubiaceae) on the oceanic Lanyu (Orchid) Island, Taiwan. BOTANICAL STUDIES 2015; 56:10. [PMID: 28510819 PMCID: PMC5432894 DOI: 10.1186/s40529-015-0091-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Psychotria cephalophora Merr. (Rubiaceae), a shrub in oceanic islands of Taiwan and the Philippines, appears to be distylous, but distyly is usually rare on oceanic islands. To elucidate the functional breeding system of P. cephalophora can improve our understanding of plant reproductive ecology on oceanic islands. RESULTS Field investigations on Lanyu (Orchid Island) off the coast of southeastern Taiwan revealed the flowers to be distylous with short (S)- and long (L)-styled morphs, with only one morph per individual. Laboratory observations revealed that both morphs had stainable pollen grains and indicated dimorphism in stigmatic papillae and pollen size. In hand pollination experiments, the pollen tubes reached the base of the style in intermorph crossing, whereas they rarely penetrated stylar tissue in intramorph crossing and selfing. Open pollinated S- and L-styled flowers produced fruit. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that the breeding system of P. cephalophora is morphologically and functionally distylous.
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- Kenta Watanabe
- Okinawa National College of Technology, 905 Henoko, Nago 905-2192 Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural Science, Kuan Chien Rd, Taichung, 404 Taiwan
- Department of Life Science, National Chung Hsin University, Taichung, 402 Taiwan
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- Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural Science, Kuan Chien Rd, Taichung, 404 Taiwan
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- Botanic Garden, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, North 3, West 8, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0003 Japan
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Nangang, Taiwan
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- Makino Herbarium, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Ohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397 Japan
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Kameyama Y, Watanabe M, Kurosawa H, Nishimori T, Matsue D, Takyu M. Seasonal changes in pollen limitation and femaleness along the snowmelt gradient in a distylous alpine herb, Primula modesta. Ecol Evol 2015; 5:5352-5363. [PMID: 30151137 PMCID: PMC6102533 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Flowering phenology of alpine plants is strongly determined by the timing of snowmelt, and the conditions of pollination of widely distributed plants vary greatly during their flowering season. We examined the reproductive success of the distylous alpine herb, Primula modesta, along the snowmelt gradient under natural conditions, and compared it with the result of artificial pollination experiments. In addition, the compositions and visit frequencies of pollinators to the flower of P. modesta were examined during the flowering period. The pin and thrum plants of P. modesta growing at the same site have an equal ability to produce seeds if a sufficient amount of legitimate pollen grains are deposited on the stigma surface. However, under natural conditions, their seed‐set success was often (even if not always) restricted by pollen limitation, and the functional gender of the pin and thrum plants biased to the female and male, respectively, associated with their growing sites. These variations were not ascribed to resource limitation nor biased morph ratio but to the seasonal changes in pollination situations, a replacement of pollinator types from long‐ to short‐tongued pollinators resulted in unidirectional pollen transfer from long stamens (thrum plants) to long styles (pin plants). The functional gender specialization may enhance the evolution of dioecy from heterostyly, but the severe pollen limitation may cause the breakdown of heterostyly into homostyly. To consider the evolutionary pathway of heterostylous plants, an accumulation of the empirical data is required demonstrating how phenological synchrony between plants and pollinators is decided and to what degree this relationship is stable over years, along with estimates of selection and gene flow in individual plants.
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- Yoshiaki Kameyama
- Faculty of Regional Environment Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Tokyo 156-8502 Japan
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- Faculty of Regional Environment Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Tokyo 156-8502 Japan.,Present address: OTA Floriculture Auction Co., Ltd. Tokyo 143-0001 Japan
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- Faculty of Regional Environment Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Tokyo 156-8502 Japan.,Present address: Tamamura-machi Sawa-gun Gunma 370-1105 Japan
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- Faculty of Regional Environment Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Tokyo 156-8502 Japan.,Present address: OTA Floriculture Auction Co., Ltd. Tokyo 143-0001 Japan
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- Faculty of Regional Environment Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Tokyo 156-8502 Japan.,Present address: Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands Kanagawa 205-0631 Japan
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- Faculty of Regional Environment Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Tokyo 156-8502 Japan
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Fornoni J, Domínguez CA. Beyond the heterostylous syndrome. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 206:1191-1192. [PMID: 25952537 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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- Juan Fornoni
- Depto. Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ap. Pos. 70-275, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Distrito Federal, México
- Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva y Biología Floral, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Depto. Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ap. Pos. 70-275, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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Nowak MD, Russo G, Schlapbach R, Huu CN, Lenhard M, Conti E. The draft genome of Primula veris yields insights into the molecular basis of heterostyly. Genome Biol 2015; 16:12. [PMID: 25651398 PMCID: PMC4305239 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-014-0567-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background The flowering plant Primula veris is a common spring blooming perennial that is widely cultivated throughout Europe. This species is an established model system in the study of the genetics, evolution, and ecology of heterostylous floral polymorphisms. Despite the long history of research focused on this and related species, the continued development of this system has been restricted due the absence of genomic and transcriptomic resources. Results We present here a de novo draft genome assembly of P. veris covering 301.8 Mb, or approximately 63% of the estimated 479.22 Mb genome, with an N50 contig size of 9.5 Kb, an N50 scaffold size of 164 Kb, and containing an estimated 19,507 genes. The results of a RADseq bulk segregant analysis allow for the confident identification of four genome scaffolds that are linked to the P. veris S-locus. RNAseq data from both P. veris and the closely related species P. vulgaris allow for the characterization of 113 candidate heterostyly genes that show significant floral morph-specific differential expression. One candidate gene of particular interest is a duplicated GLOBOSA homolog that may be unique to Primula (PveGLO2), and is completely silenced in L-morph flowers. Conclusions The P. veris genome represents the first genome assembled from a heterostylous species, and thus provides an immensely important resource for future studies focused on the evolution and genetic dissection of heterostyly. As the first genome assembled from the Primulaceae, the P. veris genome will also facilitate the expanded application of phylogenomic methods in this diverse family and the eudicots as a whole. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13059-014-0567-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Brys R, Jacquemyn H. Disruption of the distylous syndrome in Primula veris. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2015; 115:27-39. [PMID: 25429005 PMCID: PMC4284109 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Distyly is a floral polymorphism characterized by the presence of two discrete morphs with reciprocal positioning of anthers and stigmas in flowers on different plants within the same population. Although reciprocal herkogamy and associated floral traits are generally thought to be discrete and strict polymorphisms, little is known about variation in floral traits related to the distylous syndrome within and among populations of a single species. In this study, variation in floral morphology and reciprocal positioning of the sexual organs in the distylous Primula veris (cowslip) is quantified. METHODS Data were collected in ten populations occurring in two contrasting habitat types (grasslands and forests), and for each population the average level of reciprocity was assessed, the strength of the self-incompatibility system was determined, and seed production under natural conditions was quantified. RESULTS In grassland populations, flowers showed clear distyly with low and symmetric reciprocity indices at both the lower and upper level. In forests, P. veris produced larger flowers that showed strong deviations in stigma-anther separation, especially in the L-morph. This deviation was mainly driven by variation in stigma height, resulting in high and asymmetric reciprocity indices and the occurrence of several short-styled homostylous plants. Self-incompatibility was, however, strict in both habitats, and morph ratios did not differ significantly from isoplethy. The observed shift in reciprocity in forest populations was associated with a significant reduction in seed production in the L-morph. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that populations of P. veris show habitat-specific variation in flower morphology. Deviations from perfect reciprocal positioning of stigmas and anthers also translate into reduced seed production, suggesting that small changes in sexual organ reciprocity can have far-reaching ecological and evolutionary implications.
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- Rein Brys
- Division of Plant Ecology and Systematics, Biology Department, University of Leuven, Belgium and Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Kliniekstraat 25, BE-1070 Brussels, Belgium Division of Plant Ecology and Systematics, Biology Department, University of Leuven, Belgium and Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Kliniekstraat 25, BE-1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Plant Ecology and Systematics, Biology Department, University of Leuven, Belgium and Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Kliniekstraat 25, BE-1070 Brussels, Belgium
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Haller BC, de Vos JM, Keller B, Hendry AP, Conti E. A tale of two morphs: modeling pollen transfer, magic traits, and reproductive isolation in parapatry. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106512. [PMID: 25211280 PMCID: PMC4161326 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The evolution of the flower is commonly thought to have spurred angiosperm diversification. Similarly, particular floral traits might have promoted diversification within specific angiosperm clades. We hypothesize that traits promoting the precise positional transfer of pollen between flowers might promote diversification. In particular, precise pollen transfer might produce partial reproductive isolation that facilitates adaptive divergence between parapatric populations differing in their reproductive-organ positions. We investigate this hypothesis with an individual-based model of pollen transfer dynamics associated with heterostyly, a floral syndrome that depends on precise pollen transfer. Our model shows that precise pollen transfer can cause sexual selection leading to divergence in reproductive-organ positions between populations served by different pollinators, pleiotropically causing an increase in reproductive isolation through a "magic trait" mechanism. Furthermore, this increased reproductive isolation facilitates adaptive divergence between the populations in an unlinked, ecologically selected trait. In a different pollination scenario, however, precise pollen transfer causes a decrease in adaptive divergence by promoting asymmetric gene flow. Our results highlight the idea that magic traits are not "magic" in isolation; in particular, the effect size of magic traits in speciation depends on the external environment, and also on other traits that modify the strength of the magic trait's influence on non-random mating. Overall, we show that the evolutionary consequences of pollen transfer dynamics can depend strongly on the available pollinator fauna and on the morphological fit between flowers and pollinators. Furthermore, our results illustrate the potential importance of even weak reproductive isolating barriers in facilitating adaptive divergence.
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- Benjamin C. Haller
- Redpath Museum and Deptartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Deptartment of Ecology and Evol. Biol., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Redpath Museum and Deptartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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