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McDaniel SF. Local adaptation, recombination, and the fate of neopolyploids. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024. [PMID: 39045612 DOI: 10.1111/nph.20011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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Polyploidy is widely recognized as an important speciation mechanism because it isolates tetraploids from their diploid progenitors. Polyploidy also provides new genetic material that may facilitate adaptive evolution. However, new mutations are more likely to arise after a neopolyploid already has successfully invaded a population. Thus, the role of adaptive forces in establishing a polyploid remains unclear. One solution to this apparent paradox may lie in the capacity of polyploids to suppress recombination among preexisting locally adapted alleles. The local adaptation mechanism requires that spatially heterogeneous selection acts on multiple loci and that gene flow introduces maladapted alleles to the population where the polyploid forms. The mechanism requires neither strong genetic drift nor any intrinsic benefit of genome doubling and can accommodate any mode of gene action. A unique prediction of the mechanism is that adaptive alleles should predate polyploidization, a pattern consistent with observations from a few well-studied polyploids. The mechanism is also consistent with the coexistence of both diploid and tetraploid cytotypes, fitness heterogeneity among independently derived polyploids, and the prevalence of outcrossing among older polyploids. The local adaptation mechanism also makes novel predictions about circumstances favoring polyploid invasions that can be tested using molecular genetic or comparative approaches.
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- Stuart F McDaniel
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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Han M, Qie Q, Liu M, Meng H, Wu T, Yang Y, Niu L, Sun G, Wang Y. Clonal growth characteristics and diversity patterns of different Clintonia udensis (Liliaceae) diploid and tetraploid cytotypes in the Hualongshan Mountains. Sci Rep 2024; 14:15509. [PMID: 38969683 PMCID: PMC11226640 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-66067-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/07/2024] Open
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Polyploidization plays an important role in plant evolution and biodiversity. However, intraspecific polyploidy compared to interspecific polyploidy received less attention. Clintonia udensis (Liliaceae) possess diploid (2n = 2x = 14) and autotetraploid (2n = 4x = 28) cytotypes. In the Hualongshan Mountains, the autotetraploids grew on the northern slope, while the diploids grew on the southern slopes. The clonal growth characteristics and clonal architecture were measured and analyzed by field observations and morphological methods. The diversity level and differentiation patterns for two different cytotypes were investigated using SSR markers. The results showed that the clonal growth parameters, such as the bud numbers of each rhizome node and the ratio of rhizome branches in the autotetraploids were higher than those in the diploids. Both the diploids and autotetraploids appeared phalanx clonal architectures with short internodes between ramets. However, the ramets or genets of the diploids had a relatively scattered distribution, while those of the autotetraploids were relatively clumping. The diploids and autotetraploids all allocated more biomass to their vegetative growth. The diploids had a higher allocation to reproductive organs than that of autotetraploids, which indicated that the tetraploids invested more resources in clonal reproduction than diploids. The clone diversity and genetic diversity of the autotetraploids were higher than that of the diploids. Significant genetic differentiation between two different cytotypes was observed (P < 0.01). During establishment and evolution, C. udensis autotetraploids employed more clumping phalanx clonal architecture and exhibited more genetic variation than the diploids.
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- Mian Han
- School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, China
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- Department of Botany, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada.
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, China.
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Duan T, Sicard A, Glémin S, Lascoux M. Separating phases of allopolyploid evolution with resynthesized and natural Capsella bursa-pastoris. eLife 2024; 12:RP88398. [PMID: 38189348 PMCID: PMC10945474 DOI: 10.7554/elife.88398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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Allopolyploidization is a frequent evolutionary transition in plants that combines whole-genome duplication (WGD) and interspecific hybridization. The genome of an allopolyploid species results from initial interactions between parental genomes and long-term evolution. Distinguishing the contributions of these two phases is essential to understanding the evolutionary trajectory of allopolyploid species. Here, we compared phenotypic and transcriptomic changes in natural and resynthesized Capsella allotetraploids with their diploid parental species. We focused on phenotypic traits associated with the selfing syndrome and on transcription-level phenomena such as expression-level dominance (ELD), transgressive expression (TRE), and homoeolog expression bias (HEB). We found that selfing syndrome, high pollen, and seed quality in natural allotetraploids likely resulted from long-term evolution. Similarly, TRE and most down-regulated ELD were only found in natural allopolyploids. Natural allotetraploids also had more ELD toward the self-fertilizing parental species than resynthesized allotetraploids, mirroring the establishment of the selfing syndrome. However, short-term changes mattered, and 40% of the cases of ELD in natural allotetraploids were already observed in resynthesized allotetraploids. Resynthesized allotetraploids showed striking variation of HEB among chromosomes and individuals. Homoeologous synapsis was its primary source and may still be a source of genetic variation in natural allotetraploids. In conclusion, both short- and long-term mechanisms contributed to transcriptomic and phenotypic changes in natural allotetraploids. However, the initial gene expression changes were largely reshaped during long-term evolution leading to further morphological changes.
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- Tianlin Duan
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
- UMR CNRS 6553 ECOBIO, Campus BeaulieuRennesFrance
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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DeVries S, Kron P, Husband BC. Gamete sex and elevation affect genetically based variation for unreduced gamete production in a mixed-ploidy plant. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2024; 111:e16262. [PMID: 38031672 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16262] [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: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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PREMISE Unreduced gametes are the primary mechanism of neopolyploid formation. Their production in diploid populations is arguably maladaptive, but the magnitude and patterns of genetically based variation maintained in natural populations are poorly understood. METHODS We examined variation in male and female unreduced gamete production among plants from different elevations in fireweed, Chamerion angustifolium, grown in a common environment. Using seeds from three high-elevation and three low-elevation diploid populations in one study, and a single diploid population in another, we estimated realized rates of unreduced male (sperm) and female (egg) gamete production by reciprocally pollinating diploid and tetraploid plants and estimating the incidence of tetraploid seeds using flow cytometry. RESULTS Unreduced gamete frequencies per plant were similar in the two studies (0.12% vs. 0.08%). High-elevation populations had a greater percentage of fruit with seeds from unreduced gametes, but a lower percentage of seeds per fruit than low-elevation populations. Female unreduced gamete frequencies differed among elevations, but male frequencies did not, and the gamete sexes were not correlated at the plant level. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that genetically based variation for unreduced gametes is maintained within and among natural populations, despite their fitness disadvantages, suggesting that local selection may be ineffective at purging them under some conditions.
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- Sarah DeVries
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E., Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E., Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E., Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Booker WW, Lemmon EM, Lemmon AR, Ptacek MB, Hassinger ATB, Schul J, Gerhardt HC. Biogeography and the evolution of acoustic communication in the polyploid North American grey treefrog complex. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:4863-4879. [PMID: 37401503 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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After polyploid species are formed, interactions between diploid and polyploid lineages may generate additional diversity in novel cytotypes and phenotypes. In anurans, mate choice by acoustic communication is the primary method by which individuals identify their own species and assess suitable mates. As such, the evolution of acoustic signals is an important mechanism for contributing to reproductive isolation and diversification in this group. Here, we estimate the biogeographical history of the North American grey treefrog complex, consisting of the diploid Hyla chrysoscelis and the tetraploid Hyla versicolor, focusing specifically on the geographical origin of whole genome duplication and the expansion of lineages out of glacial refugia. We then test for lineage-specific differences in mating signals by applying comparative methods to a large acoustic data set collected over 52 years that includes >1500 individual frogs. Along with describing the overall biogeographical history and call diversity, we found evidence that the geographical origin of H. versicolor and the formation of the midwestern polyploid lineage are both associated with glacial limits, and that the southwestern polyploid lineage is associated with a shift in acoustic phenotype relative to the diploid lineage with which they share a mitochondrial lineage. In H. chrysoscelis, we see that acoustic signals are largely split by Eastern and Western lineages, but that northward expansion along either side of the Appalachian Mountains is associated with further acoustic diversification. Overall, results of this study provide substantial clarity on the evolution of grey treefrogs as it relates to their biogeography and acoustic communication.
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- William W Booker
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Marinho RC, Mendes-Rodrigues C, Resende-Moreira LC, Lovato MB, Bonetti AM, Oliveira PE. Phylogeography of Eriotheca species complex: insights into the origin and range expansion of apomictic and polyploid trees in Neotropical Savannas. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2023; 25:457-467. [PMID: 36728131 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13508] [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: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Polyploidy and whole genome duplication are major evolutionary drivers in plants. Climate variations during the Pleistocene have influenced distribution and range expansion worldwide. Similar trends have been reported for Cerrado plants, but no attempt has been made to link phylogeography with ploidy and breeding changes. Thus, we aimed to (i) assess ploidy and genome size of Eriotheca estevesiae Carv.-Sobr., and compare it with E. pubescens (Mart.) Schott & Endl. (Both included into the Eriotheca Stellate Trichome Species Complex - ESTSC). (ii) Subsequently, we investigated their phylogeography to see whether genetic structure and range expansion trends were similar to those previously described for the Cerrado biome. Finally (iii), we discuss whether ESTSC phylogeographic patterns could be associated with geographic parthenogenesis processes. Common cytogenetic techniques and flow cytometry were used to confirm chromosome number and genome size of E. estevesiae. We used three cpDNA regions to analyse 14 ESTSC Cerrado populations, for which we also obtained ploidy level and breeding information. We investigated haplotype diversity, population structure and tested neutrality, aiming to reconstruct phylogeographic scenarios. We found three ploidy levels and eight cpDNA haplotypes in ESTSC, one shared by most populations. Haplotype and ploidy distribution corroborated that E. pubescens, the widely distributed polyploid and apomictic species, may have originated from northern diploid and probably sexual E. estevesiae. Matrilinear cpDNA links support the idea that apomixis and polyploidy in ESTSC may have allowed range expansion during the Pleistocene, in a process analogous to the geographic parthenogenesis described elsewhere.
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- R C Marinho
- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Genética e Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Šemberová K, Svitok M, Marhold K, Suda J, Schmickl RE. Morphological and environmental differentiation as prezygotic reproductive barriers between parapatric and allopatric Campanula rotundifolia agg. cytotypes. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2023; 131:71-86. [PMID: 34559179 PMCID: PMC9904352 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcab123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Reproductive isolation and local establishment are necessary for plant speciation. Polyploidy, the possession of more than two complete chromosome sets, creates a strong postzygotic reproductive barrier between diploid and tetraploid cytotypes. However, this barrier weakens between polyploids (e.g. tetraploids and hexaploids). Reproductive isolation may be enhanced by cytotype morphological and environmental differentiation. Moreover, morphological adaptations to local conditions contribute to plant establishment. However, the relative contributions of ploidy level and the environment to morphology have generally been neglected. Thus, the extent of morphological variation driven by ploidy level and the environment was modelled for diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid cytotypes of Campanula rotundifolia agg. Cytotype distribution was updated, and morphological and environmental differentiation was tested in the presence and absence of natural contact zones. METHODS Cytotype distribution was assessed from 231 localities in Central Europe, including 48 localities with known chromosome counts, using flow cytometry. Differentiation in environmental niche and morphology was tested for cytotype pairs using discriminant analyses. A structural equation model was used to explore the synergies between cytotype, environment and morphology. KEY RESULTS Tremendous discrepancies were revealed between the reported and detected cytotype distribution. Neither mixed-ploidy populations nor interploidy hybrids were detected in the contact zones. Diploids had the broadest environmental niche, while hexaploids had the smallest and specialized niche. Hexaploids and spatially isolated cytotype pairs differed morphologically, including allopatric tetraploids. While leaf and shoot morphology were influenced by environmental conditions and polyploidy, flower morphology depended exclusively on the cytotype. CONCLUSIONS Reproductive isolation mechanisms vary between cytotypes. While diploids and polyploids are isolated postzygotically, the environmental niche shift is essential between higher polyploids. The impact of polyploidy and the environment on plant morphology implies the adaptive potential of polyploids, while the exclusive relationship between flower morphology and cytotype highlights the role of polyploidy in reproductive isolation.
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- Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka, Zvolen, Slovakia
- Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Charles University, Benátská, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Charles University, Benátská, Prague, Czech Republic
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Department of Evolutionary Plant Biology, Zámek, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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Bafort Q, Wu T, Natran A, De Clerck O, Van de Peer Y. The immediate effects of polyploidization of Spirodela polyrhiza change in a strain-specific way along environmental gradients. Evol Lett 2023; 7:37-47. [PMID: 37065435 PMCID: PMC10091501 DOI: 10.1093/evlett/qrac003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The immediate effects of plant polyploidization are well characterized and it is generally accepted that these morphological, physiological, developmental, and phenological changes contribute to polyploid establishment. Studies on the environmental dependence of the immediate effects of whole-genome duplication (WGD) are, however, scarce but suggest that these immediate effects are altered by stressful conditions. As polyploid establishment seems to be associated with environmental disturbance, the relationship between ploidy-induced phenotypical changes and environmental conditions is highly relevant. Here, we use a common garden experiment on the greater duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza to test whether the immediate effects of WGD can facilitate the establishment of tetraploid duckweed along gradients of two environmental stressors. Because successful polyploid establishment often depends on recurrent polyploidization events, we include four genetically diverse strains and assess whether these immediate effects are strain-specific. We find evidence that WGD can indeed confer a fitness advantage under stressful conditions and that the environment affects ploidy-induced changes in fitness and trait reaction norms in a strain-specific way.
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- Quinten Bafort
- Department of Biology, Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University and VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology , Ghent , Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University and VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology , Ghent , Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University and VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology , Ghent , Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University and VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology , Ghent , Belgium
- College of Horticulture, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing , China
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria , Pretoria , South Africa
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Becker FW, Oberlander KC, Trávníček P, Dreyer LL. Inconsistent expression of the gigas effect in polyploid Oxalis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2022; 109:1607-1621. [PMID: 36193941 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16077] [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: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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PREMISE It is well-known that whole genome duplication (WGD) has played a significant role in the evolution of plants. The best-known phenotypic effect of WGD is the gigas effect, or the enlargement of polyploid plant traits. WGD is often linked with increased weediness, which could be a result of fitness advantages conferred by the gigas effect. As a result, the gigas effect could potentially explain polyploid persistence and abundance. We test whether a gigas effect is present in the polyploid-rich geophyte Oxalis, at both organ and cellular scales. METHODS We measured traits in conspecific diploid and polyploid accessions of 24 species across the genus. In addition, we measured the same and additional traits in 20 populations of the weedy and highly ploidy-variable species Oxalis purpurea L., including measures of clonality and selfing as a proxy for weediness. Ploidy level was determined using flow cytometry. RESULTS We found substantial variation and no consistent ploidy-related size difference, both between and within species, and across traits. Oxalis purpurea polyploids did, however, produce significantly more underground biomass and more bulbils than diploids, consistent with a potential role of WGD in the weediness of this species. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest a more nuanced role for the gigas effect, at least in Oxalis. It may be temporary, short-lived, and inconsistently expressed and retained on evolutionary time scales, but in the short term can contribute to lineage success via increased vegetative reproduction.
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- Frederik W Becker
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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- H. G. W. J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Plant Sciences Complex, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa
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- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic, and Department of Botany, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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Van Drunen WE, Friedman J. Autopolyploid establishment depends on life-history strategy and the mating outcomes of clonal architecture. Evolution 2022; 76:1953-1970. [PMID: 35861365 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Polyploidy is a significant component in the evolution of many taxa, particularly plant groups. However, new polyploids face substantial fitness disadvantages due to a lack of same-cytotype mates, and the factors promoting or preventing polyploid establishment in natural populations are often unclear. We develop spatially explicit agent-based simulation models to test the hypothesis that a perennial life history and clonal propagation facilitate the early stages of polyploid establishment and persistence. Our models show that polyploids are more likely to establish when they have longer life spans than diploids, especially when self-fertilization rates are high. Polyploids that combine sexual and clonal reproduction can establish across a wide range of life histories, but their success is moderated by clonal strategy. By tracking individuals and mating events, we reveal that clonal architecture has a substantial impact on the spatial structure of the mixed diploid-polyploid population during polyploid establishment: altering patterns of mating within or between cytotypes via geitonogamous self-fertilization, the mechanisms through which polyploid establishment proceeds, and the final composition of the polyploid population. Overall, our findings provide novel insight into the role of clonal structure in modulating the complex relationship between polyploidy, perenniality, and clonality and offer testable predictions for future empirical work.
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- Wendy E Van Drunen
- Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada.,Biology Department, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Biology Department, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
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Domínguez-Delgado JJ, López-Jurado J, Mateos-Naranjo E, Balao F. Phenotypic diploidization in plant functional traits uncovered by synthetic neopolyploids in Dianthus broteri. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:5522-5533. [PMID: 33909906 PMCID: PMC8760854 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Whole-genome duplication and post-polyploidization genome downsizing play key roles in the evolution of land plants; however, the impact of genomic diploidization on functional traits still remains poorly understood. Using Dianthus broteri as a model, we compared the ecophysiological behaviour of colchicine-induced neotetraploids (4xNeo) to diploids (2x) and naturally occurring tetraploids (4xNat). Leaf gas-exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence analyses were performed in order to asses to what extent post-polyploidization evolutionary processes have affected 4xNat. Genomic diploidization and phenotypic novelty were evident. Distinct patterns of variation revealed that post-polyploidization processes altered the phenotypic shifts directly mediated by genome doubling. The photosynthetic phenotype was affected in several ways but the main effect was phenotypic diploidization (i.e. 2x and 4xNat were closer to each other than to 4xNeo). Overall, our results show the potential benefits of considering experimentally synthetized versus naturally established polyploids when exploring the role of polyploidization in promoting functional divergence.
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, 41080-Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, 41080-Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, 41080-Sevilla, Spain
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Sutherland BL, Galloway LF. Variation in heteroploid reproduction and gene flow across a polyploid complex: One size does not fit all. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:9676-9688. [PMID: 34306653 PMCID: PMC8293777 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Whole-genome duplication is considered an important speciation mechanism in plants. However, its effect on reproductive isolation between higher cytotypes is not well understood. We used backcrosses between different ploidy levels and surveys of mixed-ploidy contact zones to determine how reproductive barriers differed with cytotype across a polyploid complex. We backcrossed F1 hybrids derived from 2X-4X and 4X-6X crosses in the Campanula rotundifolia autopolyploid complex, measured backcross fitness, and estimated backcross DNA cytotype. We then sampled four natural mixed-ploidy contact zones (two 2X-4X and two 4X-6X), estimated ploidy, and genotyped individuals across each contact zone. Reproductive success and capacity for gene flow was markedly lower for 2X-4X than 4X-6X hybrids. In fact, 3X hybrids could not backcross; all 2X-4X backcross progeny resulted from neotetraploid F1 hybrids. Further, no 3X individuals were found in 2X-4X contact zones, and 2X and 4X individuals were genetically distinct. By contrast, backcrosses of 5X hybrids were relatively successful, particularly when crossed to 6X individuals. In 4X-6X contact zones, 5X individuals and aneuploids were common and all cytotypes were largely genetically similar and spatially intermixed. Taken together, these results provide strong evidence that reproduction is low between 2X and 4X cytotypes, primarily occurring via unreduced gamete production, but that reproduction and gene flow are ongoing between 4X and 6X cytotypes. Further, it suggests whole-genome duplication can result in speciation between diploids and polyploids, but is less likely to create reproductive barriers between different polyploid cytotypes, resulting in two fundamentally different potentials for speciation across polyploid complexes.
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- Brittany L. Sutherland
- Department of BiologyUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesvilleVAUSA
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayetteLAUSA
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Laport RG, Minckley RL, Pilson D. Pollinator assemblage and pollen load differences on sympatric diploid and tetraploid cytotypes of the desert-dominant Larrea tridentata. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2021; 108:297-308. [PMID: 33580499 PMCID: PMC7986067 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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PREMISE Whole-genome duplication (polyploidy) is an important force shaping flowering-plant evolution. Ploidy-specific plant-pollinator interactions represent important community-level biotic interactions that can lead to nonrandom mating and the persistence of mixed-ploidy populations. METHODS At a naturally occurring diploid-tetraploid contact zone of the autopolyploid desert shrub Larrea tridentata, we combined flower phenology analyses, collections of bees on plants of known cytotype, and flow cytometry analyses of bee-collected pollen loads to investigate whether (1) diploid and tetraploid plants have unique bee pollinator assemblages, (2) bee taxa exhibit ploidy-specific visitation and pollen collection biases, and (3) specialist and generalist bee taxa have ploidy-specific visitation and pollen collection biases. RESULTS Although bee assemblages overlapped, we found significant differences in bee visitation to co-occurring diploids and tetraploids, with the introduced honeybee (Apis mellifera) and one native species (Andrena species 12) more frequently visiting tetraploids. Consistent with bee assemblage differences, we found that diploid pollen was overrepresented among pollen loads on native bees, while pollen loads on A. mellifera did not deviate from the random expectation. However, mismatches between the ploidy of pollen loads and plants were common, consistent with ongoing intercytotype gene flow. CONCLUSIONS Our data are consistent with cytotype-specific bee visitation and suggest that pollinator behavior contributes to reduced diploid-tetraploid mating. Differences in bee visitation and pollen movement potentially contribute to an easing of minority cytotype exclusion and the facilitation of cytotype co-occurrence.
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Nebraska‐LincolnLincolnNE68588USA
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Marinho RC, Mendes-Rodrigues C, Bonetti AM, Oliveira PE. Stomatal size, ploidy and polyembryony in Eriotheca Stellate Trichome Species Complex (Bombacoideae - Malvaceae) in the Cerrados of Brazil. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2021; 23:91-99. [PMID: 32853431 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13177] [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: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Geographic parthenogenesis, range expansion of apomictic plants after climate changes, has been described for Northern Hemisphere gametophytic apomicts. But similar trends have been observed for sporophytic apomicts of Cerrado, the savannas in Brazil. Eriotheca pubescens is a common Cerrado tree, an agamic complex of either hexaploid/polyembryonic apomicts or tetraploid/monoembryonic sexual individuals. Some populations have been described as a new species, Eriotheca estevesiae, all included in the Eriotheca Stellate Trichome Species Complex (ESTSC). Since breeding systems and ploidy are clearly associated with polyembryony and stomatal size, we used these ancillary features to map the reproductive and ploidy level traits of E. pubescens and E. estevesiae. Leaves and seeds were collected from individuals of 19 populations. Seeds were evaluated for the presence of polyembryony and leaves for stomatal measurements. Eight populations were monoembryonic while another eight were polyembryonic and for other three, the embryonic pattern was not readily verified. E. pubescens polyembryonic and hexaploid populations formed a homogeneous group, but monoembryonic plants were more variable. E. estevesiae populations were monoembryonic with smaller stomata. In contrast, some E. pubescens monoembryonic populations further south presented larger stomata. Despite these outliers, possibly mixed populations, stomatal size and embryonic pattern differed from northern to southern populations. Embryonic pattern and stomatal size indicated that northernmost populations of Eriotheca STSC (E. estevesiae) are diploid and sexual. Southernmost populations, mostly polyembryonic and with large stomata, are hexaploid and apomictic. This is in agreement with geographic parthenogenesis and range expansion of apomictic lineages to southern habitats available after the last glacial maximum.
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- R C Marinho
- Instituto de Genética e Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Genética e Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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Castro M, Loureiro J, Husband BC, Castro S. The role of multiple reproductive barriers: strong post-pollination interactions govern cytotype isolation in a tetraploid-octoploid contact zone. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2020; 126:991-1003. [PMID: 32353869 PMCID: PMC7596367 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Polyploidy is an important contributor to sympatric speciation and assortative mating is a key mechanism driving cytotype interactions in contact zones. While strong reproductive barriers can mediate the coexistence of different cytotypes in sympatry, positive frequency-dependent mating disadvantage ultimately drives the transition to single-ploidy populations. However, comprehensive estimates of reproductive isolation among cytotypes and across multiple barriers are rare. We quantify the strength of isolation across multiple reproductive stages in a tetraploid-octoploid contact zone to understand the potential for coexistence. METHODS Assortative mating due to flowering asynchrony, pollinator behaviour, morphological overlap, self-fertilization and gametic competition between tetraploid and octoploid Gladiolus communis in a contact zone in the Western Iberian Peninsula were assessed in natural and experimental populations to quantify reproductive isolation (RI) between cytotypes. KEY RESULTS Tetraploids and octoploids have a high degree of overlap in flowering time and similar floral morphology, and are visited by generalist insects without cytotype foraging preferences, resulting in weak pre-pollination RI (from 0.00 to 0.21). In contrast, post-pollination isolation resulting from gametic selection was a strong barrier to inter-cytotype mating, with ploidy composition in stigmatic pollen loads determining the levels of RI (from 0.54 to 1.00). Between-cytotype cross-incompatibility was relatively high (RI from 0.54 to 0.63) as was isolation acquired through self-pollination (RI of 0.59 in tetraploids and 0.39 in octoploids). CONCLUSIONS Total RI was high for both tetraploids (from 0.90 to 1.00) and octoploids (from 0.78 to 0.98). Such high rates of assortative mating will enable cytotype coexistence in mixed-ploidy populations by weakening the impacts of minority cytotype exclusion. This study reveals the key role of gametic selection in cytotype siring success and highlights the importance of comprehensive estimates across multiple reproductive barriers to understand cytotype interactions at contact zones.
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- Mariana Castro
- University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
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Sutherland BL, Miranda-Katz T, Galloway LF. Strength in numbers? Cytotype frequency mediates effect of reproductive barriers in mixed-ploidy arrays. Evolution 2020; 74:2281-2292. [PMID: 32776511 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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When differentiated lineages come into contact, their fates depend on demographic and reproductive factors. These factors have been well-studied in taxa of the same ploidy, but less is known about sympatric lineages that differ in ploidy, particularly with respect to demographic factors. We assessed prezygotic, postzygotic, and total reproductive isolation in naturally pollinated arrays of diploid-tetraploid and tetraploid-hexaploid population mixes of Campanula rotundifolia by measuring pollinator transitions, seed yield, germination rate, and proportion of hybrid offspring. Four frequencies of each cytotype were tested, and pollinators consistently overvisited rare cytotypes. Seed yield and F1 hybrid production were greater in 4X-6X arrays than 2X-4X arrays, whereas germination rates were similar, creating two distinct patterns of reproductive isolation. In 2X-4X arrays, postzygotic isolation was near complete (3% hybrid offspring), and prezygotic isolation associated with pollinator preference is expected to facilitate the persistence of minority cytotypes. However, in 4X-6X arrays where postzygotic isolation permitted hybrid formation (44% hybrids), pollinator behavior drove patterns of reproductive isolation, with rare cytotypes being more isolated and greater gene flow expected from rare into common cytotypes. In polyploid complexes, both the specific cytotypes in contact and local cytotype frequency, likely reflecting spatial demography, will influence likelihood of gene exchange.
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- Brittany L Sutherland
- Mountain Lake Biological Station and Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904
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- Mountain Lake Biological Station and Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904
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- Mountain Lake Biological Station and Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904
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Porturas LD, Segraves KA. Whole genome duplication does not promote common modes of reproductive isolation in Trifolium pratense. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2020; 107:833-841. [PMID: 32329070 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1466] [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: 10/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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PREMISE Although polyploidy has been studied since the early 1900s, fundamental aspects of polyploid ecology and evolution remain unexplored. In particular, surprisingly little is known about how newly formed polyploids (neopolyploids) become demographically established. Models predict that most polyploids should go extinct within the first few generations as a result of reproductive disadvantages associated with being the minority in a primarily diploid population (i.e., the minority cytotype principle), yet polyploidy is extremely common. Therefore, a key goal in the study of polyploidy is to determine the mechanisms that promote polyploid establishment in nature. Because premating isolation is critical in order for neopolylpoids to avoid minority cytotype exclusion and thus facilitate establishment, we examined floral morphology and three common premating barriers to determine their importance in generating reproductive isolation of neopolyploids from diploids. METHODS We induced neopolyploidy in Trifolium pratense and compared their floral traits to the diploid progenitors. In addition to shifts in floral morphology, we examined three premating barriers: isolation by self-fertilization, flowering-time asynchrony, and pollinator-mediated isolation. RESULTS We found significant differences in the morphology of diploid and neopolyploid flowers, but these changes did not facilitate premating barriers that would generate reproductive isolation of neopolyploids from diploids. There was no difference in flowering phenology, pollinator visitation, or selfing between the cytotypes. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that barriers other than the ones tested in this study-such as geographic isolation, vegetative reproduction, and pistil-stigma incompatibilities-may be more important in facilitating isolation and establishment of neopolyploid T. pratense.
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- Laura D Porturas
- Penn State University, Frost Entomological Museum, 501 ASI, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA
- Syracuse University, Biology, 107 College Place, Syracuse, New York, 13244, USA
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- Syracuse University, Biology, 107 College Place, Syracuse, New York, 13244, USA
- Archbold Biological Station, 123 Main Drive, Venus, Florida, 33960, USA
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Sheth SN, Morueta-Holme N, Angert AL. Determinants of geographic range size in plants. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:650-665. [PMID: 31901139 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Geographic range size has long fascinated ecologists and evolutionary biologists, yet our understanding of the factors that cause variation in range size among species and across space remains limited. Not only does geographic range size inform decisions about the conservation and management of rare and nonindigenous species due to its relationship with extinction risk, rarity, and invasiveness, but it also provides insights into fundamental processes such as dispersal and adaptation. There are several features unique to plants (e.g. polyploidy, mating system, sessile habit) that may lead to distinct mechanisms explaining variation in range size. Here, we highlight key studies testing intrinsic and extrinsic hypotheses about geographic range size under contrasting scenarios where species' ranges are static or change over time. We then present results from a meta-analysis of the relative importance of commonly hypothesized determinants of range size in plants. We show that our ability to infer the relative importance of these determinants is limited, particularly for dispersal ability, mating system, ploidy, and environmental heterogeneity. We highlight avenues for future research that merge approaches from macroecology and evolutionary ecology to better understand how adaptation and dispersal interact to facilitate niche evolution and range expansion.
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- Seema Nayan Sheth
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Departments of Botany and Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, 3520-6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Siopa C, Dias MC, Castro M, Loureiro J, Castro S. Is selfing a reproductive assurance promoting polyploid establishment? Reduced fitness, leaky self-incompatibility and lower inbreeding depression in neotetraploids. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2020; 107:526-538. [PMID: 32144761 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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PREMISE Newly formed polyploids face significant obstacles to persistence and population establishment because of fitness costs of intercytotype mating. Selfing provides the opportunity to escape mate limitation, enabling production of new individuals and increasing the likelihood of fixation of new polyploid lineages. Still, association between self-compatibility and polyploidy is not always clear. We compared self-incompatibility and inbreeding depression in neotetraploids and their diploid progenitor to explore the direct effects of whole genome duplications on self-incompatibility and the implications of ploidy-driven changes for polyploid establishment. METHODS Outcross and self-pollinations were performed in diploids and synthetic neotetraploids of Jasione maritima var. maritima, and reproductive success was measured through fruit and seed production and seed germination. Self- and outcross offspring were grown under controlled conditions, and plant performance was measured through several fitness parameters. RESULTS Neotetraploids showed an overall lower performance than diploids. Reproductive success was negatively affected by selfing in both cytotypes. However, greater variation in the expression of self-incompatibility was observed in neotetraploids; additionally, developmental and physiological parameters were not affected by selfing on neotetraploids, with an overall similar fitness of outcrossed and selfed individuals, resulting in lower inbreeding depression indexes. CONCLUSIONS Neotetraploids might have benefited from selfing at initial stages after their formation. Genome duplications resulted in leaky self-incompatibility, enabling the production of offspring under minority cytotype disadvantage with similar fitness as outcrossed offspring. Our results support theoretical assumptions that selfing might be important for neopolyploid establishment, although changes in self-incompatibility might not be abrupt.
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- Catarina Siopa
- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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López-Jurado J, Mateos-Naranjo E, Balao F. Niche divergence and limits to expansion in the high polyploid Dianthus broteri complex. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 222:1076-1087. [PMID: 30585629 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Niche evolution in plant polyploids remains controversial and evidence for alternative patterns has been reported. Using the autopolyploid Dianthus broteri complex (2×, 4×, 6× and 12×) as a model, we aimed to integrate three scenarios - competitive exclusion, recurrent origins of cytotypes and niche filling - into a single framework of polyploid niche evolution. We hypothesized that high polyploids would tend to evolve towards extreme niches when low ploidy cytotypes have nearly filled the niche space. We used several ecoinformatics and phylogenetic comparative analyses to quantify differences in the ecological niche of each cytotype and to evaluate alternative models of niche evolution. Each cytotype in this complex occupied a distinct ecological niche. The distributions were mainly constrained by soil characteristics, temperature and drought stress imposed by the Mediterranean climate. Tetraploids had the highest niche breadth and overlap due to their multiple origins, whereas the higher ploidy cytotypes were found in different, restricted, nonoverlapping niches. Niche evolution analyses suggested a scenario with one niche optimum for each ploidy, including the two independent tetraploid lineages. Our results suggest that the fate of nascent polyploids could not be predicted without accounting for phylogenetic relatedness, recurrent origins or the niche occupied by ancestors.
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- Javier López-Jurado
- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, E-41080, Seville, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, E-41080, Seville, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, E-41080, Seville, Spain
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Wang Y, Zhang M, Qin Q, Peng Y, Huang X, Wang C, Cao L, Li W, Tao M, Zhang C, Liu S. Transcriptome Profile Analysis on Ovarian Tissues of Autotetraploid Fish and Diploid Red Crucian Carp. Front Genet 2019; 10:208. [PMID: 30941161 PMCID: PMC6434244 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Polyploidization can significantly alter the size of animal gametes. Autotetraploid fish (RRRR, 4nRR = 200) (4nRR) possessing four sets of chromosomes were derived from whole-genome duplication in red crucian carp (RR, 2n = 100) (RCC). The diploid eggs of the 4nRR fish were significantly larger than the eggs of RCC. To explore the differences between the ovaries of these two ploidies of fishes at the molecular level, we compared the ovary transcriptome profiles of 4nRR fish and RCC and identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs). A total of 19,015 unigenes were differentially expressed between 4nRR fish and RCC, including 12,591 upregulated and 6,424 downregulated unigenes in 4nRR fish. Functional analyses revealed that eight genes (CDKL1, AHCY, ARHGEF3, TGFβ, WNT11, CYP27A, GDF7, and CKB) were involved in the regulation of cell proliferation, cell division, gene transcription, ovary development and energy metabolism, suggesting that these eight genes were related to egg size in 4nRR fish and RCC. We validated the expression levels of these eight DEGs in 4nRR fish and RCC using quantitative PCR. The study results provided insights into the regulatory mechanisms underlying the differences in crucian carp egg sizes.
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- Yude Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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Porturas LD, Anneberg TJ, Curé AE, Wang S, Althoff DM, Segraves KA. A meta-analysis of whole genome duplication and the effects on flowering traits in plants. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2019; 106:469-476. [PMID: 30901499 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Polyploidy, or whole genome duplication (WGD), is common in plants despite theory suggesting that polyploid establishment is challenging and polyploids should be evolutionarily transitory. There is renewed interest in understanding the mechanisms that could facilitate polyploid establishment and explain their pervasiveness in nature. In particular, premating isolation from their diploid progenitors is suggested to be a crucial factor. To evaluate how changes in assortative mating occur, we need to understand the phenotypic effects of WGD on reproductive traits. METHODS We used literature surveys and a meta-analysis to assess how WGD affects floral morphology, flowering phenology, and reproductive output in plants. We focused specifically on comparisons of newly generated polyploids (neopolyploids) and their parents to mitigate potential confounding effects of adaptation and drift that may be present in ancient polyploids. KEY RESULTS The results indicated that across a broad representation of angiosperms, floral morphology traits increased in size, reproductive output decreased, and flowering phenology was unaffected by WGD. Additionally, we found that increased trait variation after WGD was uncommon for the phenotypic traits examined. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the phenotypic effects on traits important to premating isolation of neopolyploids are small, in general. Changes in flowering phenology, reproductive output, and phenotypic variation resulting from WGD may be less critical in facilitating premating isolation and neopolyploid establishment. However, floral traits for which size is an important component of function (e.g., pollen transfer) could be strongly influenced by WGD.
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- Laura D Porturas
- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
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- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
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- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
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- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
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- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
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- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
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Cai L, Xi Z, Amorim AM, Sugumaran M, Rest JS, Liu L, Davis CC. Widespread ancient whole-genome duplications in Malpighiales coincide with Eocene global climatic upheaval. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 221:565-576. [PMID: 30030969 PMCID: PMC6265113 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Whole-genome duplications (WGDs) are widespread and prevalent in vascular plants and frequently coincide with major episodes of global and climatic upheaval, including the mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (c. 65 Ma) and during more recent periods of global aridification in the Miocene (c. 10-5 Ma). Here, we explore WGDs in the diverse flowering plant clade Malpighiales. Using transcriptomes and complete genomes from 42 species, we applied a multipronged phylogenomic pipeline to identify, locate, and determine the age of WGDs in Malpighiales using three means of inference: distributions of synonymous substitutions per synonymous site (Ks ) among paralogs, phylogenomic (gene tree) reconciliation, and a likelihood-based gene-count method. We conservatively identify 22 ancient WGDs, widely distributed across Malpighiales subclades. Importantly, these events are clustered around the Eocene-Paleocene transition (c. 54 Ma), during which time the planet was warmer and wetter than any period in the Cenozoic. These results establish that the Eocene Climatic Optimum likely represents a previously unrecognized period of prolific WGDs in plants, and lends further support to the hypothesis that polyploidization promotes adaptation and enhances plant survival during episodes of global change, especially for tropical organisms like Malpighiales, which have tight thermal tolerances.
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- Liming Cai
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, 45.662-900, Bahia, Brazil
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- Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Statistics and Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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Rivero R, Sessa EB, Zenil‐Ferguson R. EyeChrom and CCDBcurator: Visualizing chromosome count data from plants. APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES 2019; 7:e01207. [PMID: 30693153 PMCID: PMC6342174 DOI: 10.1002/aps3.1207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Chromosome count data are available for hundreds of plant species and can be explored in text-only format at the Chromosome Counts Database (http://ccdb.tau.ac.il). CCDBcurator and EyeChrom are an R package and a web application, respectively, that first curate and then visualize these data graphically, so that intra- and interspecific variation of chromosome numbers can be easily summarized and displayed for a given genus. METHODS AND RESULTS We developed R code to clean, summarize, and display in several formats the chromosome count data for a selected genus or set of species present in the Chromosome Counts Database. These data and figures can be exported for use in analyses, publications, or teaching. CONCLUSIONS Chromosome count data are critical for a number of evolutionary studies in plant biology, and their importance is underscored by the increasing appreciation of the prevalence of polyploidy in land plants. CCDBcurator and EyeChrom provide a fast, easy, and reproducible means of cleaning, curating, and then visualizing the chromosome count data currently available for plants.
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- Rodrigo Rivero
- Department of BiologyUniversity of FloridaBox 118525GainesvilleFlorida32611USA
- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental ManagementUniversity of Hawaii1910 East‐West RoadManoaHawaii96822USA
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of FloridaBox 118525GainesvilleFlorida32611USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and BehaviorUniversity of Minnesota1479 Gortner AvenueSt. PaulMinnesota55108USA
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Čertner M, Sudová R, Weiser M, Suda J, Kolář F. Ploidy-altered phenotype interacts with local environment and may enhance polyploid establishment in Knautia serpentinicola (Caprifoliaceae). THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 221:1117-1127. [PMID: 30221362 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Whole genome duplication is a key process in plant evolution and has direct phenotypic consequences. However, it remains unclear whether ploidy-related phenotypic changes can significantly alter the fitness of polyploids in nature and thus contribute to establishment of new polyploid mutants in diploid populations. We addressed this question using a unique natural system encompassing a diploid and its sympatric locally established autotetraploid derivative. By setting a common garden experiment with two manipulated environmental factors (presence/absence of serpentine substrate and competition), we tested whether these two locally important factors differently shape the phenotypic response of the two ploidy levels. Tetraploids attained significantly higher values of both above- and below-ground biomass, and root : shoot ratio compared to their diploid progenitors. Tetraploid superiority in vegetative fitness indicators was most prominent when they were cultivated together with a competitor in nutrient-rich nonserpentine substrate. We show that even genetically very closely related diploids and tetraploids can respond differently to key environmental factors. Provided there are sufficient nutrients, tetraploids can be more successful in tolerating interspecific competition than their diploid progenitors. Such superior performance might have provided an adaptive advantage for the newly established tetraploid promoting colonisation of new (micro-)habitats, which was indeed observed at the natural site.
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- Martin Čertner
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, AT-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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Van Drunen WE, Husband BC. Whole-genome duplication decreases clonal stolon production and genet size in the wild strawberry Fragaria vesca. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2018; 105:1712-1724. [PMID: 30248174 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Clonal reproduction is often associated with polyploidy and is expected to influence polyploid establishment success, but the immediate effects of whole-genome duplication (WGD) on clonal reproduction in autopolyploids are unknown. METHODS We used synthesized neopolyploids to assess the direct effects of WGD on stolon and plantlet production in the wild strawberry Fragaria vesca by (1) comparing absolute clonal investment between diploids and neotetraploids under high and low resource conditions in the greenhouse and (2) determining realized clonal plantlet establishment and genet spatial structure using artificial field populations comprising both cytotypes. KEY RESULTS Neotetraploids produced fewer stolons and plantlets than diploids at slower weekly rates in the greenhouse when resources were high, resulting in lower total investment in clonal reproduction. Low resources led to smaller reductions in clonal biomass for neotetraploids and less pronounced differences between cytotypes. Comparisons between neotetraploids representing 13 independent WGD events and close diploid relatives revealed considerable variation in the response to polyploidization for some clonal traits. Field populations corroborated greenhouse results; neotetraploid genets were smaller than diploid genets, containing 28% fewer stolons and 46% fewer rooted plantlets. CONCLUSIONS WGD significantly decreases the clonal output of neotetraploid F. vesca, which is likely attributable to slower whole-plant growth of the neotetraploids than the diploids. In natural populations, smaller neotetraploid genets could decrease the probability of polyploid establishment in this species. However, variation between separate neopolyploid lines emphasizes that the response of clonal investment to WGD may not be uniform across polyploid origins.
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- Wendy E Van Drunen
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Baduel P, Bray S, Vallejo-Marin M, Kolář F, Yant L. The “Polyploid Hop”: Shifting Challenges and Opportunities Over the Evolutionary Lifespan of Genome Duplications. Front Ecol Evol 2018. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Van Drunen WE, Husband BC. Immediate vs. evolutionary consequences of polyploidy on clonal reproduction in an autopolyploid plant. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2018; 122:195-205. [PMID: 29726889 PMCID: PMC6025202 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Background and Aims Clonal reproduction in polyploids is expected to exceed that in diploids, due to either the immediate direct effects of whole-genome duplication (WGD) or selection during establishment. The timing of polyploidy effects on clonality are largely unknown despite its hypothesized influence on polyploid success. This study tests the direction and timing of divergence in clonal traits in diploid and polyploid Chamerion angustifolium. Methods Root bud production and biomass allocation patterns were compared between diploids and synthesized tetraploids (neotetraploids), and between neotetraploids and naturally occurring tetraploids grown in a common environment. Key Results Neotetraploids produced more root buds and fewer sexual structures than diploids and natural tetraploids; diploids and natural tetraploids had similar root bud numbers and sexual investment. The root bud:inflorescence biomass ratio was 71 % higher in neotetraploids than in natural tetraploids. Root bud location suggests that ramet density in neotetraploid genets could be higher than in diploid genets. Conclusions WGD immediately increases investment in asexual vs. sexual reproduction in C. angustifolium, potentially promoting within-cytotype mating and establishment for neopolyploids. However, evolutionary change after the polyploidization event negates the direct effects of WGD. Natural polyploids and diploids have similar root bud production and biomass allocation patterns, probably resulting from habitat- and ploidy-mediated selection on polyploids to become more like diploids. These results highlight the value of studying the effects of polyploidization in young vs. established polyploids.
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- Wendy E Van Drunen
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Castro M, Castro S, Figueiredo A, Husband B, Loureiro J. Complex cytogeographical patterns reveal a dynamic tetraploid-octoploid contact zone. AOB PLANTS 2018; 10:ply012. [PMID: 29593853 PMCID: PMC5844219 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/ply012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The distribution of cytotypes in mixed-ploidy species is crucial for evaluating ecological processes involved in the establishment and evolution of polyploid taxa. Here, we use flow cytometry and chromosome counts to explore cytotype diversity and distributions within a tetraploid-octoploid contact zone. We then use niche modelling and ploidy seed screening to assess the roles of niche differentiation among cytotypes and reproductive interactions, respectively, in promoting cytotype coexistence. Two cytotypes, tetraploids and octoploids, were dominant within the contact zone. They were most often distributed parapatrically or allopatrically, resulting in high geographic isolation. Still, 16.7 % of localities comprised two or more cytotypes, including the intermediate hexaploid cytotype. Tetraploids and octoploids had high environmental niche overlap and associated with similar climatic environments, suggesting they have similar ecological requirements. Given the geographical separation and habitat similarity among cytotypes, mixed-ploidy populations may be transitional and subject to the forces of minority cytotype exclusion which lead to pure-ploidy populations. However, seed ploidy analysis suggests that strong reproductive barriers may enforce assortative mating which favours stable cytotype coexistence. High cytogenetic diversity detected in the field suggests that unreduced gamete formation and hybridization events seem frequent in the studied polyploid complex and might be involved with the recurrent polyploid formation, governing, as well, the gene flow between cytogenetic entities.
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- Mariana Castro
- CFE, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
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- CFE, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
- Botanic Garden of the University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
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- CEGOT, Departamento de Geografia e Turismo, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Coimbra, Largo da Porta Férrea, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- CFE, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
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Marques I, Loureiro J, Draper D, Castro M, Castro S. How much do we know about the frequency of hybridisation and polyploidy in the Mediterranean region? PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2018; 20 Suppl 1:21-37. [PMID: 28963818 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Natural hybridisation and polyploidy are currently recognised as drivers of biodiversity, despite early scepticism about their importance. The Mediterranean region is a biodiversity hotspot where geological and climatic events have created numerous opportunities for speciation through hybridisation and polyploidy. Still, our knowledge on the frequency of these mechanisms in the region is largely limited, despite both phenomena are frequently cited in studies of Mediterranean plants. We reviewed information available from biodiversity and cytogenetic databases to provide the first estimates of hybridisation and polyploidy frequency in the Mediterranean region. We also inspected the most comprehensive modern Mediterranean Flora (Flora iberica) to survey the frequency and taxonomic distribution of hybrids and polyploids in Iberian Peninsula. We found that <6% of Mediterranean plants were hybrids, although a higher frequency was estimated for the Iberian Peninsula (13%). Hybrids were concentrated in few families and in even fewer genera. The overall frequency of polyploidy (36.5%) was comparable with previous estimates in other regions; however our estimates increased when analysing the Iberian Peninsula (48.8%). A surprisingly high incidence of species harbouring two or more ploidy levels was also observed (21.7%). A review of the available literature also showed that the ecological factors driving emergence and establishment of new entities are still poorly studied in the Mediterranean flora, although geographic barriers seem to play a major role in polyploid complexes. Finally, this study reveals several gaps and limitations in our current knowledge about the frequency of hybridisation and polyploidy in the Mediterranean region. The obtained estimates might change in the future with the increasing number of studies; still, rather than setting the complete reality, we hope that this work triggers future studies on hybridisation and polyploidy in the Mediterranean region.
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- I Marques
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, High Polytechnic School of Huesca, University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais (cE3c), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research, and Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Botanic Garden of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Kolář F, Čertner M, Suda J, Schönswetter P, Husband BC. Mixed-Ploidy Species: Progress and Opportunities in Polyploid Research. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 22:1041-1055. [PMID: 29054346 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.09.011] [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: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Mixed-ploidy species harbor a unique form of genomic and phenotypic variation that influences ecological interactions, facilitates genetic divergence, and offers insights into the mechanisms of polyploid evolution. However, there have been few attempts to synthesize this literature. We review here research on the cytotype distribution, diversity, and dynamics of intensively studied mixed-ploidy species and consider the implications for understanding mechanisms of polyploidization such as cytotype formation, establishment, coexistence, and post-polyploid divergence. In general, mixed-ploidy species are unevenly represented among families: they exhibit high cytotype diversity, often within populations, and frequently comprise rare and odd-numbered ploidies. Odd-ploidies often occur in association with asexuality. We highlight research hypotheses and opportunities that take advantage of the unique properties of ploidy variation.
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- Filip Kolář
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, Praha, CZ-128 00, Czech Republic; Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, Praha, CZ-128 00, Czech Republic; Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, Praha, CZ-128 00, Czech Republic; Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, Průhonice, CZ-252 43, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestraße 15, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N0B 2K0 Canada.
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Laport RG, Ng J. Out of one, many: The biodiversity considerations of polyploidy. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2017; 104:1119-1121. [PMID: 28790089 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1700190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Robert G Laport
- University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, Colorado 80309 USA
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- University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, Colorado 80309 USA
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Münzbergová Z. Colchicine application significantly affects plant performance in the second generation of synthetic polyploids and its effects vary between populations. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2017; 120:329-339. [PMID: 28633349 PMCID: PMC5737759 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcx070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Background and Aims Understanding the direct consequences of polyploidization is necessary for assessing the evolutionary significance of this mode of speciation. Previous studies have not studied the degree of between-population variation that occurs due to these effects. Although it is assumed that the effects of the substances that create synthetic polyploids disappear in second-generation synthetic polyploids, this has not been tested. Methods The direct consequences of polyploidization were assessed and separated from the effects of subsequent evolution in Vicia cracca , a naturally occurring species with diploid and autotetraploid cytotypes. Synthetic tetraploids were created from diploids of four mixed-ploidy populations. Performance of natural diploids and tetraploids was compared with that of synthetic tetraploids. Diploid offspring of the synthetic tetraploid mothers were also included in the comparison. In this way, the effects of colchicine application in the maternal generation on offspring performance could be compared independently of the effects of polyploidization. Key Results The sizes of seeds and stomata were primarily affected by cytotype, while plant performance differed between natural and synthetic polyploids. Most performance traits were also determined by colchicine application to the mothers, and most of these results were largely population specific. Conclusions Because the consequences of colchicine application are still apparent in the second generation of the plants, at least the third-generation polyploids should be considered in future comparisons. The specificities of the colchicine-treated plants may also be caused by strong selection pressures during the creation of synthetic polyploids. This could be tested by comparing the initial sizes of plants that survived the colchicine treatments with those of plants that did not. High variation between populations also suggests that different polyploids follow different evolutionary trajectories, and this should be considered when studying the effects of polyploidization.
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- Zuzana Münzbergová
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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Segraves KA. The effects of genome duplications in a community context. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 215:57-69. [PMID: 28418074 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Contents 57 I. 57 II. 59 III. 59 IV. 63 V. 64 VI. 64 VII. 66 66 References 66 SUMMARY: Whole-genome duplication (WGD), or polyploidy, has important effects on the genotype and phenotype of plants, potentially altering ecological interactions with other organisms. Even though the connections between polyploidy and species interactions have been recognized for some time, we are only just beginning to test whether WGD affects community context. Here I review the sparse information on polyploidy and community context and then present a set of hypotheses for future work. Thus far, community-level studies of polyploids suggest an array of outcomes, from no changes in community context to shifts in the abundance and composition of interacting species. I propose a number of mechanisms for how WGD could alter community context and how the emergence of polyploids in populations could also alter the community context of parental diploids and other plant species. Resolving how and when these changes are expected to occur will require a deeper understanding of the connections among WGD, phenotypic changes, and the direct and indirect effects of species interactions.
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- Kari A Segraves
- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
- Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL, 33960, USA
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Polyploidy, or the duplication of entire genomes, has been observed in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, and in somatic and germ cells. The consequences of polyploidization are complex and variable, and they differ greatly between systems (clonal or non-clonal) and species, but the process has often been considered to be an evolutionary 'dead end'. Here, we review the accumulating evidence that correlates polyploidization with environmental change or stress, and that has led to an increased recognition of its short-term adaptive potential. In addition, we discuss how, once polyploidy has been established, the unique retention profile of duplicated genes following whole-genome duplication might explain key longer-term evolutionary transitions and a general increase in biological complexity.
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Barringer BC, Galloway LF. The Reproductive Ecology of Diploid and Tetraploid Galax urceolata. AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 2017. [DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-177.2.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Brian C. Barringer
- Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point, 800 Reserve Street, Stevens Point 54481
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Barker MS, Husband BC, Pires JC. Spreading Winge and flying high: The evolutionary importance of polyploidy after a century of study. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2016; 103:1139-45. [PMID: 27480249 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1600272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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- Michael S Barker
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211 USA
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