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Urrutia M, Meco V, Rambla JL, Martín-Pizarro C, Pillet J, Andrés J, Sánchez-Sevilla JF, Granell A, Hytönen T, Posé D. Diversity of the volatilome and the fruit size and shape in European woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca). Plant J 2023; 116:1201-1217. [PMID: 37597203 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca subsp. vesca) is a wild relative of cultivated strawberry (F. × ananassa) producing small and typically conical fruits with an intense flavor and aroma. The wild strawberry species, F. vesca, is a rich resource of genetic and metabolic variability, but its diversity remains largely unexplored and unexploited. In this study, we aim for an in-depth characterization of the fruit complex volatilome by GC-MS as well as the fruit size and shape using a European germplasm collection that represents the continental diversity of the species. We report characteristic volatilome footprints and fruit phenotypes of specific geographical areas. Thus, this study uncovers phenotypic variation linked to geographical distribution that will be valuable for further genetic studies to identify candidate genes or develop markers linked to volatile compounds or fruit shape and size traits.
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- María Urrutia
- Departamento de Mejora Genética y Biotecnología, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, UMA, Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética y Biotecnología, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, UMA, Málaga, Spain
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- IBMCP Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (CSIC-UPV), Valencia, Spain
- Department of Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética y Biotecnología, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, UMA, Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética y Biotecnología, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, UMA, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Junta de Andalucía, Unidad Asociada CSIC I+D+i Biotecnología & Mejora de Fresa, Instituto Andaluz de Investigación & Formación Agraria y Pesquera (IFAPA), Ctr. IFAPA Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- IBMCP Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (CSIC-UPV), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética y Biotecnología, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea (IHSM), Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, UMA, Málaga, Spain
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Boyarskikh IG, Artemov IA, Kuznetsov AA, Kostikova VA. Changes in Profiles of Classes and of Individual Polyphenols in Leaves of Spiraea chamaedryfolia and Spiraea media along an Altitudinal Gradient. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:2977. [PMID: 37631188 PMCID: PMC10458703 DOI: 10.3390/plants12162977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Revised: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Plants in high-altitude habitats are exposed to severe environmental stressors, including extreme temperatures and irradiation, which can have wide-ranging effects on changes of secondary-metabolite profiles in higher plants. Altitude-related variation of levels of polyphenols in organs of medicinal and food plant species has not yet been investigated sufficiently. This study was focused on variation in quantitative profiles of classes and of individual biologically active phenolic compounds in leaf extracts of resource species Spiraea chamaedryfolia and Spiraea media from the family Rosaceae in coenopopulations of the Altai Mountains, along an altitudinal gradient. High-performance liquid chromatography revealed 22 polyphenolic compounds in the extracts of S. media leaves, with the main polyphenolic compounds being flavonols. Sixteen compounds were found in S. chamaedryfolia leaf extracts, and the major ones were flavonols and a flavanone. Opposite responses to changes in the altitude-associated growth conditions were documented for levels of some individual polyphenolic compounds. With an increase in altitude, concentrations of chlorogenic acid and of flavanone in the extracts of S. chamaedryfolia leaves significantly increased, while concentrations of cinnamic acid, astragalin, and kaempferol diminished. A statistically significant positive correlation between the altitude of plant habitats and total levels of polyphenols and phenolcarboxylic acids was detected. In leaf extracts from S. media, an altitude increase was significantly positively correlated with astragalin, avicularin, and cinnamic acid levels and negatively correlated with hyperoside concentration.
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- Irina G. Boyarskikh
- Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (I.G.B.)
- Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (I.G.B.)
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- Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (I.G.B.)
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Burgunter-Delamare B, Rousvoal S, Legeay E, Tanguy G, Fredriksen S, Boyen C, Dittami SM. The Saccharina latissima microbiome: Effects of region, season, and physiology. Front Microbiol 2023; 13:1050939. [PMID: 36687663 PMCID: PMC9858215 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1050939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Introduction Saccharina latissima is a canopy-forming species of brown algae and, as such, is considered an ecosystem engineer. Several populations of this alga are exploited worldwide, and a decrease in the abundance of S. latissima at its southern distributional range limits has been observed. Despite its economic and ecological interest, only a few data are available on the composition of microbiota associated with S. latissima and its role in algal physiologyn. Methods We studied the whole bacterial community composition associated with S. latissima samples from three locations (Brittany, Helgoland, and Skagerrak) by 16S metabarcoding analyses at different scales: algal blade part, regions, season (at one site), and algal physiologic state. Results and Discussion We have shown that the difference in bacterial composition is driven by factors of decreasing importance: (i) the algal tissues (apex/meristem), (ii) the geographical area, (iii) the seasons (at the Roscoff site), and (iv) the algal host's condition (healthy vs. symptoms). Overall, Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, and Bacteroidia dominated the general bacterial communities. Almost all individuals hosted bacteria of the genus Granulosicoccus, accounting for 12% of the total sequences, and eight additional core genera were identified. Our results also highlight a microbial signature characteristic for algae in poor health independent of the disease symptoms. Thus, our study provides a comprehensive overview of the S. latissima microbiome, forming a basis for understanding holobiont functioning.
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- Bertille Burgunter-Delamare
- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France,*Correspondence: Bertille Burgunter-Delamare,
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- FR2424 Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- FR2424 Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France,FR2424 Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France,Simon M. Dittami,
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Cui Z, Li R, Li F, Jin L, Wu H, Cheng C, Ma Y, Wang Z, Wang Y. Structural characteristics and diversity of the rhizosphere bacterial communities of wild Fritillaria przewalskii Maxim. in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1070815. [PMID: 36876117 PMCID: PMC9981654 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1070815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Introduction Fritillaria przewalskii Maxim. is a Chinese endemic species with high medicinal value distributed in the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau. F. przewalskii root-associated rhizosphere bacterial communities shaped by soil properties may maintain the stability of soil structure and regulate F. przewalskii growth, but the rhizosphere bacterial community structure of wild F. przewalskii from natural populations is not clear. Methods In the current study, soil samples from 12 sites within the natural range of wild F. przewalskii were collected to investigate the compositions of bacterial communities via high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes and multivariate statistical analysis combined with soil properties and plant phenotypic characteristics. Results Bacterial communities varied between rhizosphere and bulk soil, and also between sites. Co-occurrence networks were more complex in rhizosphere soil (1,169 edges) than in bulk soil (676 edges). There were differences in bacterial communities between regions, including diversity and composition. Proteobacteria (26.47-37.61%), Bacteroidetes (10.53-25.22%), and Acidobacteria (10.45-23.54%) were the dominant bacteria, and all are associated with nutrient cycling. In multivariate statistical analysis, both soil properties and plant phenotypic characteristics were significantly associated with the bacterial community (p < 0.05). Soil physicochemical properties accounted for most community differences, and pH was a key factor (p < 0.01). Interestingly, when the rhizosphere soil environment remained alkaline, the C and N contents were lowest, as was the biomass of the medicinal part bulb. This might relate to the specific distribution of genera, such as Pseudonocardia, Ohtaekwangia, Flavobacterium (relative abundance >0.01), which all have significantly correlated with the biomass of F. przewalskii (p < 0.05). Discussion F. przewalskii is evidently averse to alkaline soil with high potassium contents, but this requires future verification. The results of the present study may provide theoretical guidance and new insights for the cultivation and domestication of F. przewalskii.
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- Zhijia Cui
- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.,Northwest Collaborative Innovation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Co-Constructed by Gansu Province & MOE of PRC, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.,Northwest Collaborative Innovation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Co-Constructed by Gansu Province & MOE of PRC, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.,Northwest Collaborative Innovation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Co-Constructed by Gansu Province & MOE of PRC, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.,Northwest Collaborative Innovation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Co-Constructed by Gansu Province & MOE of PRC, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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Gauzere J, Walling CA, Pick JL, Watt K, Jack P, Morris A, Morris S, Pemberton JM. The role of maternally transferred antibodies in maternal performance in red deer. Ecol Lett 2021; 24:2065-2076. [PMID: 34245475 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Maternal effects are ubiquitous. Yet, the pathways through which maternal effects occur in wild mammals remain largely unknown. We hypothesise that maternal immune transfer is a key mechanism by which mothers can affect their offspring fitness, and that individual variation in maternally derived antibodies mainly depends on a mother's characteristics and the environmental conditions she experiences. To test this, we assayed six colostrum-derived antibodies in the plasma of 1447 neonates in a wild red deer population. Neonatal antibody levels were mainly affected by maternal genes, environmental variation and costs of prior reproductive investment. We found consistent heterogeneity in maternal performance across traits, with mothers producing the heaviest calves also having calves with more antibodies. Unexpectedly, antibody levels were not associated with calf survival. We provide a unique example of how evolutionary theory on maternal effects can be used to gain insight into the causes of maternal effects in wild populations.
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- Julie Gauzere
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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Stegmann UE. A willow drawing from 1786: the earliest depiction of intraspecific trait variation in plants? Ann Bot 2021; 127:411-412. [PMID: 32386293 PMCID: PMC7988514 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The study of intraspecific trait variation (ITV) in plants has a long history, dating back to the fourth century BC. Its existence was widely acknowledged by the end of the 18th century, although systematic and experimental studies commenced only a century later. However, the historiography of ITV has many gaps, especially with regard to early observations and visual documents. This note identifies an early depiction of plant ITV. METHODS The botanical works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), a German writer and naturalist, were subjected to close reading. This included all publications and unpublished sources related to botany between 1785 and 1832 (e.g. notes, drafts, diaries, letters, drawings). This material is accessible in the multi-volume historical-critical edition of Goethe's studies in natural science (Leopoldina-Ausgabe). KEY RESULTS A diary entry from 9 September 1786 described changes in leaf morphology along an elevation gradient in the Bavarian Alps. The leaves of an unidentified species of willow (Spix sp.) and gentian (Gentiana sp.) were said to become narrower with increasing elevation; leaves also stood further apart on twigs, and the latter became thinner. A crude drawing of two willow twigs illustrated the differences. Goethe conjectured that the differences were due to environmental conditions. CONCLUSIONS Goethe's notes were anecdotal, and it is unclear whether the observed plant individuals actually belonged to the same species. Nevertheless, the notes represent an early and clear articulation of the hypothesis that changes in environmental conditions can cause ITV in a natural plant population. The drawing may be the earliest visual record of environmentally caused plant ITV in the wild.
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- Ulrich E Stegmann
- School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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Asimakis E, Stathopoulou P, Sapounas A, Khaeso K, Batargias C, Khan M, Tsiamis G. New Insights on the Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) Bacteriome. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9030659. [PMID: 33810199 PMCID: PMC8004655 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9030659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Various factors, including the insect host, diet, and surrounding ecosystem can shape the structure of the bacterial communities of insects. We have employed next generation, high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA to characterize the bacteriome of wild Zeugodacus (Bactrocera) cucurbitae (Coquillett) flies from three regions of Bangladesh. The tested populations developed distinct bacterial communities with differences in bacterial composition, suggesting that geography has an impact on the fly bacteriome. The dominant bacteria belonged to the families Enterobacteriaceae, Dysgomonadaceae and Orbaceae, with the genera Dysgonomonas, Orbus and Citrobacter showing the highest relative abundance across populations. Network analysis indicated variable interactions between operational taxonomic units (OTUs), with cases of mutual exclusion and copresence. Certain bacterial genera with high relative abundance were also characterized by a high degree of interactions. Interestingly, genera with a low relative abundance like Shimwellia, Gilliamella, and Chishuiella were among those that showed abundant interactions, suggesting that they are also important components of the bacterial community. Such knowledge could help us identify ideal wild populations for domestication in the context of the sterile insect technique or similar biotechnological methods. Further characterization of this bacterial diversity with transcriptomic and metabolic approaches, could also reveal their specific role in Z. cucurbitae physiology.
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- Elias Asimakis
- Laboratory of Systems Microbiology and Applied Genomics, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Patras, 2 Seferi St., 30100 Agrinio, Greece; (E.A.); (P.S.); (K.K.)
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- Laboratory of Systems Microbiology and Applied Genomics, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Patras, 2 Seferi St., 30100 Agrinio, Greece; (E.A.); (P.S.); (K.K.)
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics and Fish Breeding, Department of Animal Production, Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Patras, Nea Ktiria, 30200 Messolonghi, Greece; (A.S.); (C.B.)
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- Laboratory of Systems Microbiology and Applied Genomics, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Patras, 2 Seferi St., 30100 Agrinio, Greece; (E.A.); (P.S.); (K.K.)
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics and Fish Breeding, Department of Animal Production, Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Patras, Nea Ktiria, 30200 Messolonghi, Greece; (A.S.); (C.B.)
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- Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganak bari, Savar, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh;
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- Laboratory of Systems Microbiology and Applied Genomics, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Patras, 2 Seferi St., 30100 Agrinio, Greece; (E.A.); (P.S.); (K.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +30-264-107-4149
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Jiang L, Ren X, Wu R. Computational characterization of double reduction in autotetraploid natural populations. Plant J 2021; 105:1703-1709. [PMID: 33295001 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Population genetic theory has been well developed for diploid species, but its extension to study genetic diversity, variation and evolution in autopolyploids, a class of polyploids derived from the genome doubling of a single ancestral species, requires the incorporation of multisomic inheritance. Double reduction, which is characteristic of autopolyploidy, has long been believed to shape the evolutionary consequence of organisms in changing environments. Here, we develop a computational model for testing and estimating double reduction and its genomic distribution in autotetraploids. The model is implemented with the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm to dissect unobservable allelic recombinations among multiple chromosomes, enabling the simultaneous estimation of allele frequencies and double reduction in natural populations. The framework fills an important gap in the population genetic theory of autopolyploids.
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- Libo Jiang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
- Center for Statistical Genetics, Departments of Public Health Sciences and Statistics, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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Zhang W, Xie C, Ullrich K, Zhang YE, Tautz D. The mutational load in natural populations is significantly affected by high primary rates of retroposition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2013043118. [PMID: 33526666 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2013043118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The phenomenon of retroposition (the reintegration of reverse-transcribed RNA into the genome) has been well studied in comparisons between species and has been identified as a source of evolutionary innovation. However, less attention has been paid to possible negative effects of retroposition. To trace the evolutionary dynamics of these negative effects, our study uses a unique genomic dataset of house mouse populations. It reveals that the initial retroposition rate is very high and that most of these newly transposed retrocopies have a deleterious impact, apparently through modifying the expression of their parental genes. In humans, this effect is expected to cause disease alleles, and we propose that genetic screening should include the search for newly transposed retrocopies. Gene retroposition is known to contribute to patterns of gene evolution and adaptations. However, possible negative effects of gene retroposition remain largely unexplored since most previous studies have focused on between-species comparisons where negatively selected copies are mostly not observed, as they are quickly lost from populations. Here, we show for natural house mouse populations that the primary rate of retroposition is orders of magnitude higher than the long-term rate. Comparisons with single-nucleotide polymorphism distribution patterns in the same populations show that most retroposition events are deleterious. Transcriptomic profiling analysis shows that new retroposed copies become easily subject to transcription and have an influence on the expression levels of their parental genes, especially when transcribed in the antisense direction. Our results imply that the impact of retroposition on the mutational load has been highly underestimated in natural populations. This has additional implications for strategies of disease allele detection in humans.
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Ueno T, Takahashi Y. Intrapopulation genetic variation in the level and rhythm of daily activity in Drosophila immigrans. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:14388-14393. [PMID: 33391722 PMCID: PMC7771174 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Genetic diversity within a population, such as polymorphisms and personality, is considered to improve population performance because such intraspecific variations have the potential to alleviate the competition for a limited resource or the risk of predation and sexual harassment at a population level. Variation in the level and rhythm of daily activity in a population could also affect population performance by directly altering ecological, social, and sexual interactions among individuals. However, it remains to be elucidated whether such intra-population variation in the level and rhythms of daily activity exists in a natural population. Here, we investigated the genetic variation in daily activity within a single natural population of Drosophila immigrans. We established 21 isofemale lines from a single natural population and measured larval activity level and the level and daily pattern of adult activity over a 24 hr period. Larval activity level significantly varied among isofemale lines. Likewise, the activity level in the adult stage significantly varied among lines. The significant variation was also found in the daily pattern of adult activity; some lines showed greater activity level in the daytime, and others showed greater activity level in the night. Our results consistently suggest that there is a genetic variation in behavioral activity in a natural population, probably contributing to shaping the population performance.
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- Takahisa Ueno
- Graduate School of Science and EngineeringChiba UniversityChibaJapan
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Nayfa MG, Jones DB, Benzie JAH, Jerry DR, Zenger KR. Comparing Genomic Signatures of Selection Between the Abbassa Strain and Eight Wild Populations of Nile Tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus) in Egypt. Front Genet 2020; 11:567969. [PMID: 33193660 PMCID: PMC7593532 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.567969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Domestication to captive rearing conditions, along with targeted selective breeding have genetic consequences that vary from those in wild environments. Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is one of the most translocated and farmed aquaculture species globally, farmed throughout Asia, North and South America, and its African native range. In Egypt, a breeding program established the Abbassa Strain of Nile tilapia (AS) in 2002 based on local broodstock sourced from the Nile River. The AS has been intensively selected for growth and has gone through genetic bottlenecks which have likely shifted levels and composition of genetic diversity within the strain. Consequently, there are questions on the possible genetic impact AS escapees may have on endemic populations of Nile tilapia. However, to date there have been no genetic studies comparing genetic changes in the domesticated AS to local wild populations. This study used 9,827 genome-wide SNPs to investigate population genetic structure and signatures of selection in the AS (generations 9–11) and eight wild Nile tilapia populations from Egypt. SNP analyses identified two major genetic clusters (captive and wild populations), with wild populations showing evidence of isolation-by-distance among the Nile Delta and upstream riverine populations. Between genetic clusters, approximately 6.9% of SNPs were identified as outliers with outliers identified on all 22 O. niloticus chromosomes. A lack of localized outlier clustering on the genome suggests that no genes of major effect were presently detected. The AS has retained high levels of genetic diversity (Ho_All = 0.21 ± 0.01; He_All = 0.23 ± 0.01) when compared to wild populations (Ho_All = 0.18 ± 0.01; He_All = 0.17 ± 0.01) after 11 years of domestication and selective breeding. Additionally, 565 SNPs were unique within the AS line. While these private SNPs may be due to domestication signals or founder effects, it is suspected that introgression with blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) has occurred. This study highlights the importance of understanding the effects of domestication in addition to wild population structure to inform future management and dissemination decisions. Furthermore, by conducting a baseline genetic study of wild populations prior to the dissemination of a domestic line, the effects of aquaculture on these populations can be monitored over time.
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- Maria G Nayfa
- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.,Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.,Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- WorldFish, Penang, Malaysia.,School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.,Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.,Tropical Futures Institute, James Cook University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.,Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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Zedek F, Plačková K, Veselý P, Šmerda J, Šmarda P, Horová L, Bureš P. Endopolyploidy is a common response to UV-B stress in natural plant populations, but its magnitude may be affected by chromosome type. Ann Bot 2020; 126:883-889. [PMID: 32582956 PMCID: PMC7750947 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) radiation damages the DNA, cells and photosynthetic apparatus of plants. Plants commonly prevent this damage by synthetizing UV-B-protective compounds. Recent laboratory experiments in Arabidopsis and cucumber have indicated that plants can also respond to UV-B stress with endopolyploidy. Here we test the generality of this response in natural plant populations, considering their monocentric or holocentric chromosomal structure. METHODS We measured the endopolyploidy index (flow cytometry) and the concentration of UV-B-protective compounds in leaves of 12 herbaceous species (1007 individuals) from forest interiors and neighbouring clearings where they were exposed to increased UV-B radiation (103 forest + clearing populations). We then analysed the data using phylogenetic mixed models. KEY RESULTS The concentration of UV-B protectives increased with UV-B doses estimated from hemispheric photographs of the sky above sample collection sites, but the increase was more rapid in species with monocentric chromosomes. Endopolyploidy index increased with UV-B doses and with concentrations of UV-B-absorbing compounds only in species with monocentric chromosomes, while holocentric species responded negligibly. CONCLUSIONS Endopolyploidy seems to be a common response to increased UV-B in monocentric plants. Low sensitivity to UV-B in holocentric species might relate to their success in high-UV-stressed habitats and corroborates the hypothesized role of holocentric chromosomes in plant terrestrialization.
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- František Zedek
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Jamieson A, Anderson SJ, Fuller J, Côté SD, Northrup JM, Shafer ABA. Heritability Estimates of Antler and Body Traits in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) From Genomic-Relatedness Matrices. J Hered 2020; 111:429-435. [PMID: 32692835 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esaa023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Estimating heritability (h2) is required to predict the response to selection and is useful in species that are managed or farmed using trait information. Estimating h2 in free-ranging populations is challenging due to the need for pedigrees; genomic-relatedness matrices (GRMs) circumvent this need and can be implemented in nearly any system where phenotypic and genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data are available. We estimated the heritability of 5 body and 3 antler traits in a free-ranging population of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. We generated classic and robust GRMs from >10,000 SNPs: hind foot length, dressed body mass, and peroneus muscle mass had high h2 values of 0.62, 0.44, and 0.55, respectively. Heritability in male-only antler features ranged from 0.07 to 0.33. We explored the influence of filtering by minor allele frequency and data completion on h2: GRMs derived from fewer SNPs had reduced h2 estimates and the relatedness coefficients significantly deviated from those generated with more SNPs. As a corollary, we discussed limitations to the application of GRMs in the wild, notably how skewed GRMs, specifically many unrelated individuals, can increase variance around h2 estimates. This is the first study to estimate h2 on a free-ranging population of white-tailed deer and should be informative for breeding designs and management as these traits could respond to selection.
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- Aidan Jamieson
- Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Centre d'études nordiques and NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Integrated Resource Management of Anticosti Island, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Centre d'études nordiques and NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Integrated Resource Management of Anticosti Island, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada.,Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada.,Forensics Program Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada
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IN FOCUS Reichert, S., Berger, V., Jackson, J., Chapman, S. N., Htut, W., Mar, K. U., & Lummaa, V. (2019). Maternal age at birth shapes offspring life-history trajectory across generations in long-lived Asian elephants. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89, 996-1007. Parental age can have strong effects on offspring life history, but the prevalence and magnitude of such effects in natural populations remain poorly understood. Using a multigenerational dataset of semi-captive Asian elephants, Reichert et al. (2019) studied the effects of maternal and grandmaternal age on offspring performance and found that offspring from old mothers have lower survival, but higher body condition and reproductive success than offspring from younger mothers. Importantly the observed consequences on survival are long-lasting and span more than one generation, with grand-offspring of old grandmothers also showing reduced survival. These findings suggest that persistent transgenerational effects of maternal age on fitness can shape the individual variation in ageing patterns in nature and ultimately the evolution of life histories.
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- Foteini Spagopoulou
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Animal Ecology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Yang CT, Vidal-Diez de Ulzurrun G, Gonçalves AP, Lin HC, Chang CW, Huang TY, Chen SA, Lai CK, Tsai IJ, Schroeder FC, Stajich JE, Hsueh YP. Natural diversity in the predatory behavior facilitates the establishment of a robust model strain for nematode-trapping fungi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:6762-6770. [PMID: 32161129 PMCID: PMC7104180 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1919726117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Nematode-trapping fungi (NTF) are a group of specialized microbial predators that consume nematodes when food sources are limited. Predation is initiated when conserved nematode ascaroside pheromones are sensed, followed by the development of complex trapping devices. To gain insights into the coevolution of this interkingdom predator-prey relationship, we investigated natural populations of nematodes and NTF that we found to be ubiquitous in soils. Arthrobotrys species were sympatric with various nematode species and behaved as generalist predators. The ability to sense prey among wild isolates of Arthrobotrys oligospora varied greatly, as determined by the number of traps after exposure to Caenorhabditis elegans While some strains were highly sensitive to C. elegans and the nematode pheromone ascarosides, others responded only weakly. Furthermore, strains that were highly sensitive to the nematode prey also developed traps faster. The polymorphic nature of trap formation correlated with competency in prey killing, as well as with the phylogeny of A. oligospora natural strains, calculated after assembly and annotation of the genomes of 20 isolates. A chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation were established for one of the most sensitive wild isolates, and deletion of the only G-protein β-subunit-encoding gene of A. oligospora nearly abolished trap formation. In summary, our study establishes a highly responsive A. oligospora wild isolate as a model strain for the study of fungus-nematode interactions and demonstrates that trap formation is a fitness character in generalist predators of the nematode-trapping fungus family.
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- Ching-Ting Yang
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
- Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, National Taiwan University and Academia Sinica, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
- Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan;
- Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, National Taiwan University and Academia Sinica, Taipei 106, Taiwan
- Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Alexandre H, Truffaut L, Ducousso A, Louvet JM, Nepveu G, Torres-Ruiz JM, Lagane F, Firmat C, Musch B, Delzon S, Kremer A. In situ estimation of genetic variation of functional and ecological traits in Quercus petraea and Q.robur. Tree Genet Genomes 2020; 16:32. [PMID: 32256274 PMCID: PMC7136077 DOI: 10.1007/s11295-019-1407-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Predicting the evolutionary potential of natural tree populations requires the estimation of heritability and genetic correlations among traits on which selection acts, as differences in evolutionary success between species may rely on differences for these genetic parameters. In situ estimates are expected to be more accurate than measures done under controlled conditions which do not reflect the natural environmental variance. AIMS The aim of the current study was to estimate three genetic parameters (i.e. heritability, evolvability and genetic correlations) in a natural mixed oak stand composed of Quercus petraea and Quercus robur about 100 years old, for 58 traits of ecological and functional relevance (growth, reproduction, phenology, physiology, resilience, structure, morphology and defence). METHODS First we estimated genetic parameters directly in situ using realized genomic relatedness of adult trees and parentage relationships over two generations to estimate the traits additive variance. Secondly, we benefited from existing ex situ experiments (progeny tests and conservation collection) installed with the same populations, thus allowing comparisons of in situ heritability estimates with more traditional methods. RESULTS Heritability and evolvability estimates obtained with different methods varied substantially and showed large confidence intervals, however we found that in situ were less precise than ex situ estimates, and assessments over two generations (with deeper relatedness) improved estimates of heritability while large sampling sizes are needed for accurate estimations. At the biological level, heritability values varied moderately across different ecological and functional categories of traits, and genetic correlations among traits were conserved over the two species. CONCLUSION We identified limits for using realized genomic relatedness in natural stands to estimate the genetic variance, given the overall low variance of genetic relatedness and the rather low sampling sizes of currently used long term genetic plots in forestry. These limits can be overcome if larger sample sizes are considered, or if the approach is extended over the next generation.
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- BIOGECO, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, 33610 Cestas, France
- PIAF, Univ. Clermont-Auvergne, INRA, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- BIOGECO, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, 33610 Cestas, France
- URP3F, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France
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- BIOFORA, INRA, ONF, CS 40001 Ardon 45075 Orléans Cedex 2, France
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Huang HL, Zhang L, Jia LM, Liang YL, Cai JH. [Fitness of sexual reproduction of Toona ciliata var. pubescens natural populations and their sexual reproduction and regeneration]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2018; 29:1098-1106. [PMID: 29726217 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201804.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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To examine the reproduction fitness coefficients and individual-level fitness of Toona ciliata var. pubescens, their sexual reproduction and natural regeneration were investigated during 2006-2016, with four natural populations in Jiulianshan National Reserve as test objects. The results showed that there were only 2-10 trees for the natural populations of T. ciliata var. pubescens with a small initial number of fruiting plants (3-9 trees), which were from the initial fruiting plants or their first/second generation. The sexual reproduction of these isolated populations were significantly different, and their seed production capacities tended to decline over time. With the maturing of communities, soil seed banks and seed germinations were extremely poor, and the number of trees that could be growing to mature stage was nearly zero. The optimum maturity age of T. ciliata var. pubescens was about 40 a, and the fitness coefficients (2.0-2.8) rapidly increased in early development stage, but then was sharply reduced (0.3-0.5), and then gradually dropped to almost 0. There were significant differences in the fitness at individual level (0-14 tree·cm-2) among different populations, but their values were low (close to zero). Based on the existing reproduction rate, the actual values of sexual reproduction and regeneration fitness were much lower than the predicted ones. Due to the low level of genetic fitness, the sexual reproductive ability of different populations all showed decreasing trends. The natural sexual regeneration ability tended to decline, while the fitness of T. ciliata var. pubescens further decreased. All those factors suggested higher investment risks. Therefore, the systems of sexual reproduction became unbalanced and deteriorating. We proposed that more studies, including breeding mating, pollination, seed setting, and genetic diversity evaluation, are needed. Moreover, we should provide suitable forest environment through cleaning up litter in the fruiting stage and applying appropriate thinning during the transition period from seedling to young tree growth.
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- Hong Lan Huang
- Jiangxi Environment Engineering Vocational College, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi, China
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- Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Jiangxi Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve, Longnan 341701, Jiangxi, China
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- Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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Lu YF, Pei NC, Zhu YJ, Bai ZL, Yang AN, Zhang JH, Lou LH, Tong ZK. [Community structure and leaf trait diversity in a vulnerable species, Phoebe chekiangensis (Lauraceae).]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2018; 29:2101-2110. [PMID: 30039646 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201807.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Phoebe chekiangensis, as one original species of 'Nanmu with golden tint', harbors limited natural distribution regions, which is recognized as a vulnerable species in China under nationwide protection. Under the background of global climate change, it is of scientific significance to study the community structure and diversity of the natural populations of P. chekiangensis. In this study, community structure, species diversity and the phenotypic variation leaf traits in the communities of thirteen residue natural populations were analyzed. A total of 235 vascular species from 162 genera and 87 families were found in 16 plots within 13 natural populations, including 221 seed plants from 151 genera and 79 families. The species diversity in tree layer of community in Kaihua, Zhejiang and Linan, Zhejiang was significantly lower than that of other communities due to severe disturbance, while intermediate disturbance promoted the species diversity of shrub layer in community in Jianning, Fujian, and slight disturbance was beneficial to natural regeneration of P. chekiangensis. Foliage phenotype was important for species identification within Phoebe genus. There existed substantial variation in foliage phenotypic diversity among and within populations. The mean coefficient of variation was 17.2%, ranging from 10.4% to 27.5%. The variation was greater among populations (53.6%) than within populations (17.0%). Mean phenotypic differentiation coefficient was 75.1% among populations, indicating that the variance among populations was the main source for the phenotypic variation of the species. Results from the cluster analysis indicated that the 13 natural populations were divided into two distinct groups based on the Euclidean distance (10 cm), with stochastic variation.
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- Yun Feng Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an 311300, Zhejiang, China
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- Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou 510520, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an 311300, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an 311300, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an 311300, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an 311300, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an 311300, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an 311300, Zhejiang, China
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Kroeger SB, Blumstein DT, Armitage KB, Reid JM, Martin JGA. Age, state, environment, and season dependence of senescence in body mass. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:2050-2061. [PMID: 29468024 PMCID: PMC5817150 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Revised: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Senescence is a highly variable process that comprises both age-dependent and state-dependent components and can be greatly affected by environmental conditions. However, few studies have quantified the magnitude of age-dependent and state-dependent senescence in key life-history traits across individuals inhabiting different spatially structured and seasonal environments. We used longitudinal data from wild female yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventer), living in two adjacent environments that differ in elevation and associated phenology, to quantify how age and individual state, measured as "time to death," affect body mass senescence in different environments. Further, we quantified how patterns of senescence differed between two biologically distinct seasons, spring, and late summer. Body mass senescence had an age-dependent component, expressed as a decrease in mass in old age. Overall, estimated age-dependent senescence was greater in females living in the more favorable lower elevation environment, than in the harsher higher elevation environment, and greater in late summer than in spring. Body mass senescence also had a state-dependent component, captured by effects of time to death, but only in the more favorable lower elevation environment. In spring, body mass gradually decreased from 2 years before death, whereas in late summer, state-dependent effects were expressed as a terminal decrease in body mass in the last year of life. Contrary to expectations, we found that senescence was more likely to be observed under more favorable environmental conditions, rather than under harsher conditions. By further demonstrating that senescence patterns differ among seasons, our results imply that within-year temporal environmental variation must be considered alongside spatial environmental variation in order to characterize and understand the pattern and magnitude of senescence in wild populations.
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- Svenja B. Kroeger
- Institute of Biological and Environmental SciencesSchool of Biological SciencesZoology BuildingUniversity of AberdeenAberdeenUK
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
- The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteCOUSA
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology DepartmentThe University of KansasLawrenceKSUSA
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental SciencesSchool of Biological SciencesZoology BuildingUniversity of AberdeenAberdeenUK
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental SciencesSchool of Biological SciencesZoology BuildingUniversity of AberdeenAberdeenUK
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Dang X, Fang B, Chen X, Li D, Sowadan O, Dong Z, Liu E, She D, Wu G, Liang Y, Hong D. Favorable Marker Alleles for Panicle Exsertion Length in Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) Mined by Association Mapping and the RSTEP-LRT Method. Front Plant Sci 2017; 8:2112. [PMID: 29312380 PMCID: PMC5732986 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.02112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The panicle exsertion length (PEL) in rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important trait for hybrid seed production. We investigated the PEL in a chromosome segment substitution line (CSSL) population consisting of 66 lines and a natural population composed of 540 varieties. In the CSSL population, a total of seven QTLs for PEL were detected across two environments. The percentage of phenotypic variance explained (PVE) ranged from 10.22 to 50.18%, and the additive effect ranged from -1.77 to 6.47 cm. Among the seven QTLs, qPEL10.2 had the largest PVE, 44.05 and 50.18%, with an additive effect of 5.91 and 6.47 cm in 2015 and in 2016, respectively. In the natural population, 13 SSR marker loci were detected that were associated with PEL in all four environments, with the PVE ranging from 1.20 to 6.26%. Among the 13 loci, 7 were novel. The RM5746-170 bp allele had the largest phenotypic effect (5.11 cm), and the typical carrier variety was Qiaobinghuang. An RM5620-RM6100 region harboring the EUI2 locus on chromosome 10 was detected in both populations. The sequencing results showed that the accessions with a shorter PEL contained the A base, while the accessions with a longer PEL contained the G base at the 1,475 bp location of the EUI2 gene.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Sun L, Wang J, Sang M, Jiang L, Zhao B, Cheng T, Zhang Q, Wu R. Landscaping Crossover Interference Across a Genome. Trends Plant Sci 2017; 22:894-907. [PMID: 28822625 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Revised: 06/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The evolutionary success of eukaryotic organisms crucially depends on the capacity to produce genetic diversity through reciprocal exchanges of each chromosome pair, or crossovers (COs), during meiosis. It has been recognized that COs arise more evenly across a given chromosome than at random. This phenomenon, termed CO interference, occurs pervasively in eukaryotes and may confer a selective advantage. We describe here a multipoint linkage analysis procedure for segregating families to quantify the strength of CO interference over the genome, and extend this procedure to illustrate the landscape of CO interference in natural populations. We further discuss the crucial role of CO interference in amplifying and maintaining genetic diversity through sex-, stress-, and age-induced differentiation.
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- Lidan Sun
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; Center for Statistical Genetics, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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Zhang L, Zhang QL, Wang XT, Yang XZ, Li XP, Yuan ML. Selection of reference genes for qRT-PCR and expression analysis of high-altitude-related genes in grassland caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Gynaephora) along an altitude gradient. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:9054-9065. [PMID: 29152197 PMCID: PMC5677504 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Revised: 08/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Changes in gene expression patterns can reflect the adaptation of organisms to divergent environments. Quantitative real‐time PCR (qRT‐PCR) is an important tool for ecological adaptation studies at the gene expression level. The quality of the results of qRT‐PCR analysis largely depends on the availability of reliable reference genes (RGs). To date, reliable RGs have not been determined for adaptive evolution studies in insects using a standard approach. Here, we evaluated the reliability of 17 candidate RGs for five Gynaephora populations inhabiting various altitudes of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) using four independent (geNorm, NormFinder, BestKeeper, and the deltaCt method) and one comprehensive (RefFinder) algorithms. Our results showed that EF1‐α, RPS15, and RPS13 were the top three most suitable RGs, and a combination of these three RGs was the most optimal for normalization. Conversely, RPS2,ACT, and RPL27 were the most unstable RGs. The expression profiles of two target genes (HSP70 and HSP90) were used to confirm the reliability of the chosen RGs. Additionally, the expression patterns of four other genes (GPI,HIF1A,HSP20, and USP) associated with adaptation to extreme environments were assessed to explore the adaptive mechanisms of TP Gynaephora species to divergent environments. Each of these six target genes showed discrepant expression patterns among the five populations, suggesting that the observed expression differences may be associated with the local adaptation of Gynaephora to divergent altitudinal environments. This study is a useful resource for studying the adaptive evolution of TP Gynaephora to divergent environments using qRT‐PCR, and it also acts as a guide for selecting suitable RGs for ecological and evolutionary studies in insects.
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- Li Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems College of Pastoral Agricultural Science and Technology Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology School of Life Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems College of Pastoral Agricultural Science and Technology Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems College of Pastoral Agricultural Science and Technology Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems College of Pastoral Agricultural Science and Technology Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems College of Pastoral Agricultural Science and Technology Lanzhou University Lanzhou China
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Bürkli A, Jokela J. Increase in multiple paternity across the reproductive lifespan in a sperm-storing, hermaphroditic freshwater snail. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:5264-5278. [PMID: 28605149 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Polyandry is a common phenomenon and challenges the traditional view of stronger sexual selection in males than in females. In simultaneous hermaphrodites, the physical proximity of both sex functions was long thought to preclude the operation of sexual selection. Laboratory studies suggest that multiple mating and polyandry in hermaphrodites may actually be common, but data from natural populations are sparse. We therefore estimated the rate of multiple paternity and its seasonal variability in the annual, sperm-storing, simultaneously hermaphroditic freshwater snail Radix balthica for the entire duration of the reproductive lifespan. We also tested whether multiple paternity was associated with clutch size or embryonic development. To obtain these data, we measured and genotyped 60 field-collected egg clutches using nine highly polymorphic microsatellite markers. Overall, 50% of the clutches had multiple fathers, and both the frequency (20-93% of clutches) and magnitude of multiple paternity (mean 1.3-3.8 fathers per clutch) substantially increased over time, probably because of extensive sperm storage. Most multiply sired clutches (83%) had a dominant father, but neither clutch size nor the proportion of developed embryos per clutch was associated with levels of multiple paternity. Both the evident promiscuity and the frequent skew of paternity shares suggest that sexual selection may be an important evolutionary force in the study population.
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- Anja Bürkli
- Department of Aquatic Ecology, EAWAG, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.,ETH Zurich, D-USYS, Institute of Integrative Biology, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, EAWAG, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.,ETH Zurich, D-USYS, Institute of Integrative Biology, Zürich, Switzerland
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Feng QH, Shi ZM, Xu ZJR, Miao N, Tang JC, Liu XL, Zhang L. [Phenotypic variations in cones and seeds of natural Cupressus chengiana populations in China]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2017; 28:748-756. [PMID: 29740999 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201703.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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A total of 13 phenotypic traits from 11 natural populations of Cupressus chengiana were investigated by using nested analysis, variation coefficient, phenotypic traits differentiation coefficient, and un-weighted pair-group method by arithmetic averages (UPGMA) cluster analysis. Phenotypic variations among and within populations of C. chengiana were discussed, the relationship among phenotypic traits and that between phenotypic traits and environmental factors were analyzed, and the 11 populations were divided. The results showed that there was significant difference in phenotypic variation both between and within populations. Variation within populations (49.7%) was greater than that between populations (28.6%). The mean coefficient of phenotypic differentiation between populations was 43.4% suggesting the differentiation between populations was relatively larger. The average variation coefficient of cone mass was the highest (37.2%), followed by seed mass in single cone, and that of cone length was the smallest (8.0%) indicating the cone length was the most stable phenotypic trait. The phenotypic diversity was greatest in Kangding County and smallest in Wudu County. The mean annual temperature of the hottest month and mean annual precipitation of growing season were the main environmental factors on phenotypic diversity in cones and seeds of C. chengiana in the study region. According to the 13 phenotypic traits, the 11 populations could be divided into two groups and three subgroups, which showed how C. chengiana distributed in three watersheds. Phenotypic traits in cones and seeds of C. chengiana populations were the best in Daduhe River watershed, and those were the worst in Minjiang River watershed.
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry/Key Laboratory on Forest Ecology and Environmental Sciences of State Forestry Administration, Beijing 100091, China
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- Sichuan Academy of Forestry, Chengdu 610081, China.,Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry/Key Laboratory on Forest Ecology and Environmental Sciences of State Forestry Administration, Beijing 100091, China
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- Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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Johnston SE, Bérénos C, Slate J, Pemberton JM. Conserved Genetic Architecture Underlying Individual Recombination Rate Variation in a Wild Population of Soay Sheep (Ovis aries). Genetics 2016; 203:583-98. [PMID: 27029733 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.185553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Meiotic recombination breaks down linkage disequilibrium (LD) and forms new haplotypes, meaning that it is an important driver of diversity in eukaryotic genomes. Understanding the causes of variation in recombination rate is important in interpreting and predicting evolutionary phenomena and in understanding the potential of a population to respond to selection. However, despite attention in model systems, there remains little data on how recombination rate varies at the individual level in natural populations. Here we used extensive pedigree and high-density SNP information in a wild population of Soay sheep (Ovis aries) to investigate the genetic architecture of individual autosomal recombination rates. Individual rates were high relative to other mammal systems and were higher in males than in females (autosomal map lengths of 3748 and 2860 cM, respectively). The heritability of autosomal recombination rate was low but significant in both sexes (h2 = 0.16 and 0.12 in females and males, respectively). In females, 46.7% of the heritable variation was explained by a subtelomeric region on chromosome 6; a genome-wide association study showed the strongest associations at locus RNF212, with further associations observed at a nearby ∼374-kb region of complete LD containing three additional candidate loci, CPLX1, GAK, and PCGF3. A second region on chromosome 7 containing REC8 and RNF212B explained 26.2% of the heritable variation in recombination rate in both sexes. Comparative analyses with 40 other sheep breeds showed that haplotypes associated with recombination rates are both old and globally distributed. Both regions have been implicated in rate variation in mice, cattle, and humans, suggesting a common genetic architecture of recombination rate variation in mammals.
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Hassall C, Sherratt TN, Watts PC, Thompson DJ. Live fast, die old: no evidence of reproductive senescence or costs of mating in a damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera). J Anim Ecol 2015; 84:1542-54. [PMID: 26179139 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recent examples of actuarial senescence in wild insect populations have challenged the long-held assumption that the brevity of wild insect life spans precludes senescence. We investigate age-related patterns in mating behaviour in adults of a short-lived damselfly, Coenagrion puella and the implications of this mating. Using capture histories for 1033 individuals over two field seasons, we conduct both pooled and stratified analyses of variations in breeding activity. Pooled analyses suggest that there is strong age-related variation in the probability of being present at the mating rendezvous. However, no age-related variation was observed in the probability of mating. Stratified approaches confirmed a general pattern of age-related declines in survival probability, but provided only equivocal evidence of an effect of age on transition between temporary breeding states. Mating males and females showed greater survival than non-mating individuals, possibly as a consequence of higher body condition. Older males that were not currently breeding were less likely to commence breeding on the next day, but showed no patterns in breeding cessation. Overall, transitions between both breeding states declined with age, suggesting that males that breed tend to continue breeding while those that do not breed continue to be unsuccessful. Female mating rates were consistently high across all ages with no age-related decline apparent. While previous research has demonstrated actuarial senescence in this population, as does this study, we find little evidence of either age-related declines in reproductive behaviour or breeding-related declines in survival, which might indicate functional senescence or costs of mating, respectively. Indeed, the greater survival in mating individuals of both sexes suggests that variations in individual quality may mediate both reproductive success and longevity. Contrary to recent studies, we found no compelling evidence for reproductive senescence or a cost of mating in an important and well-studied model odonate. The possible link between condition and ageing suggests that individual quality needs to be taken into account when studying senescence. We recommend the use of multistrata models for the future investigation of these phenomena.
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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Harfouche A, Meilan R, Altman A. Molecular and physiological responses to abiotic stress in forest trees and their relevance to tree improvement. Tree Physiol 2014; 34:1181-98. [PMID: 24695726 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity and cold, are the major environmental stresses that adversely affect tree growth and, thus, forest productivity, and play a major role in determining the geographic distribution of tree species. Tree responses and tolerance to abiotic stress are complex biological processes that are best analyzed at a systems level using genetic, genomic, metabolomic and phenomic approaches. This will expedite the dissection of stress-sensing and signaling networks to further support efficient genetic improvement programs. Enormous genetic diversity for stress tolerance exists within some forest-tree species, and due to advances in sequencing technologies the molecular genetic basis for this diversity has been rapidly unfolding in recent years. In addition, the use of emerging phenotyping technologies extends the suite of traits that can be measured and will provide us with a better understanding of stress tolerance. The elucidation of abiotic stress-tolerance mechanisms will allow for effective pyramiding of multiple tolerances in a single tree through genetic engineering. Here we review recent progress in the dissection of the molecular basis of abiotic stress tolerance in forest trees, with special emphasis on Populus, Pinus, Picea, Eucalyptus and Quercus spp. We also outline practices that will enable the deployment of trees engineered for abiotic stress tolerance to land owners. Finally, recommendations for future work are discussed.
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- Antoine Harfouche
- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems, University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo 01100, Italy
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 715 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2061, USA
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Sakazono S, Hiramatsu M, Watanabe M, Okubo H. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Lilium longiflorum (Liliaceae). Appl Plant Sci 2013; 1:apps1300014. [PMID: 25202585 PMCID: PMC4103146 DOI: 10.3732/apps.1300014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/23/2013] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Ten microsatellite primers were developed to obtain information on genetic variation in Lilium longiflorum, a bulbous species showing high intraspecific genetic differentiation. • METHODS AND RESULTS Of 61 microsatellite loci isolated using the dual suppression PCR technique, 10 loci were effective to characterize and estimate genetic variation in two populations of L. longiflorum. The number of alleles at each locus was different between the populations (averages = 3.2 and 10.3 alleles per locus), and the mean observed heterozygosity values were 0.245 and 0.732. • CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that there is significant genetic variation between the populations and that the microsatellite markers developed in this study will be useful tools for the investigation of the genetic structure and mating system of natural L. longiflorum populations.
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- Satomi Sakazono
- Laboratory of Agricultural Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Kasuya, Fukuoka, 811-2307, Japan
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- Laboratory of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan
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- Laboratory of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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Kouloussis NA, Papadopoulos NT, Katsoyannos BI, Müller HG, Wang JL, Su YR, Molleman F, Carey JR. Seasonal trends in Ceratitis capitata reproductive potential derived from live-caught females in Greece. Entomol Exp Appl 2011; 140:181-188. [PMID: 22791908 PMCID: PMC3393522 DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01154.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Reproductive data of individual insects are extremely hard to collect under natural conditions, thus the study of research questions related to oviposition has not advanced. Patterns of oviposition are often inferred only indirectly, through monitoring of host infestation, whereas the influence of age structure and several other factors on oviposition remains unknown. Using a new approach, in this article, we live-trapped wild Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) females on the Greek island of Chios during two field seasons. For their remaining lifetime, these females were placed individually in small cages and their daily oviposition was monitored. Reproduction rates between cohorts from different collection dates were then compared. The results showed that in the different captive cohorts the average remaining lifetime and reproduction were highly variable within and between seasons. Multivariate regression analysis showed that the month of capture had a significant effect on captive life span, average daily reproduction, and patterns of egg laying. The effect of year was significant on reproduction, but not on captive life span. These differences between sampling periods probably reflect differences in the availability of hosts and other factors that vary during the season and affect age structure and reproduction. Using a non-parametric generalized additive model, we found a statistically significant correlation between the captive life span and the average daily reproduction. These findings and the experimental approach have several important implications.
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- Nikos A. Kouloussis
- Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Parasitology, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Phytokou St. 384 36 N. Ionia (Volos), Greece
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- Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Parasitology, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Grünzweig JM. Potential Maternal Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO(2) on Development and Disease Severity in a Mediterranean Legume. Front Plant Sci 2011; 2:30. [PMID: 22639588 PMCID: PMC3355632 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2011] [Accepted: 07/04/2011] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Global change can greatly affect plant populations both directly by influencing growing conditions and indirectly by maternal effects on development of offspring. More information is needed on transgenerational effects of global change on plants and their interactions with pathogens. The current study assessed potential maternal effects of atmospheric CO(2) enrichment on performance and disease susceptibility of first-generation offspring of the Mediterranean legume Onobrychis crista-galli. Mother plants were grown at three CO(2) concentrations, and the study focused on their offspring that were raised under common ambient climate and CO(2). In addition, progeny were exposed to natural infection by the fungal pathogen powdery mildew. In one out of 3 years, offspring of high-CO(2) treatments (440 and 600 ppm) had lower shoot biomass and reproductive output than offspring of low-CO(2) treatment (280 ppm). Disease severity in a heavy-infection year was higher in high-CO(2) than in low-CO(2) offspring. However, some of the findings on maternal effects changed when the population was divided into two functionally diverging plant types distinguishable by flower color (pink, Type P; white, Type W). Disease severity in a heavy-infection year was higher in high-CO(2) than in low-CO(2) progeny in the more disease-resistant (Type P), but not in the more susceptible plant type (Type W). In a low-infection year, maternal CO(2) treatments did not differ in disease severity. Mother plants of Type P exposed to low CO(2) produced larger seeds than all other combinations of CO(2) and plant type, which might contribute to higher offspring performance. This study showed that elevated CO(2) potentially exerts environmental maternal effects on performance of progeny and, notably, also on their susceptibility to natural infection by a pathogen. Maternal effects of global change might differently affect functionally divergent plant types, which could impact population fitness and alter plant communities.
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- José M. Grünzweig
- Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of JerusalemRehovot, Israel
- *Correspondence: José M. Grünzweig, Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel. e-mail:
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