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Lexer C, Wüest RO, Mangili S, Heuertz M, Stölting KN, Pearman PB, Forest F, Salamin N, Zimmermann NE, Bossolini E. Genomics of the divergence continuum in an African plant biodiversity hotspot, I: drivers of population divergence inRestio capensis(Restionaceae). Mol Ecol 2014; 23:4373-86. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Revised: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- C. Lexer
- Unit of Ecology & Evolution; Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; Fribourg CH-1700 Switzerland
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- Landscape Dynamics Unit; Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Birmensdorf CH-8903 Switzerland
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes; LECA; Grenoble F-38000 France
- CNRS; LECA; Grenoble F-38000 France
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- Unit of Ecology & Evolution; Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; Fribourg CH-1700 Switzerland
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- Unit of Ecology & Evolution; Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; Fribourg CH-1700 Switzerland
- INIA Forest Research Centre; carretera de A Coruña km 7.5 E-28040 Madrid Spain
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- Unit of Ecology & Evolution; Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; Fribourg CH-1700 Switzerland
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- Landscape Dynamics Unit; Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Birmensdorf CH-8903 Switzerland
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- Jodrell Laboratory; Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew Richmond Surrey TW 3DS U.K
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- Department of Ecology & Evolution; University of Lausanne; CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics; Quartier Sorge CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Landscape Dynamics Unit; Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Birmensdorf CH-8903 Switzerland
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- Unit of Ecology & Evolution; Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; Fribourg CH-1700 Switzerland
- Bayer CropScience; Technologiepark 38 9052 Gent Belgium
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Cortés AJ, Waeber S, Lexer C, Sedlacek J, Wheeler JA, van Kleunen M, Bossdorf O, Hoch G, Rixen C, Wipf S, Karrenberg S. Small-scale patterns in snowmelt timing affect gene flow and the distribution of genetic diversity in the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea. Heredity (Edinb) 2014; 113:233-9. [PMID: 24619183 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2013] [Revised: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Current threats to biodiversity, such as climate change, are thought to alter the within-species genetic diversity among microhabitats in highly heterogeneous alpine environments. Assessing the spatial organization and dynamics of genetic diversity within species can help to predict the responses of organisms to environmental change. In this study, we evaluated whether small-scale heterogeneity in snowmelt timing restricts gene flow between microhabitats in the common long-lived dwarf shrub Salix herbacea L. We surveyed 273 genets across 12 early- and late-snowmelt sites (that is, ridges and snowbeds) in the Swiss Alps for phenological variation over 2 years and for genetic variation using seven SSR markers. Phenological differentiation triggered by differences in snowmelt timing did not correlate with genetic differentiation between microhabitats. On the contrary, extensive gene flow appeared to occur between microhabitats and slightly less extensively among adjacent mountains. However, ridges exhibited significantly lower levels of genetic diversity than snowbeds, and patterns of effective population size (Ne) and migration (Nem) between microhabitats were strongly asymmetric, with ridges acting as sources and snowbeds as sinks. As no recent genetic bottlenecks were detected in the studied sites, this asymmetry is likely to reflect current meta-population dynamics of the species dominated by gene flow via seeds rather than ancient re-colonization after the last glacial period. Overall, our results suggest that seed dispersal prevents snowmelt-driven genetic isolation, and snowbeds act as sinks of genetic diversity. We discuss the consequences of such small-scale variation in gene flow and diversity levels for population responses to climate change.
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- A J Cortés
- Unit of Plant Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Unit of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Unit of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- 1] WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland [2] Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Plant Evolutionary Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
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- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
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- Unit of Plant Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Lindtke D, González-Martínez SC, Macaya-Sanz D, Lexer C. Admixture mapping of quantitative traits in Populus hybrid zones: power and limitations. Heredity (Edinb) 2013; 111:474-85. [PMID: 23860234 PMCID: PMC3833683 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2013.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2013] [Revised: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Uncovering the genetic architecture of species differences is of central importance for understanding the origin and maintenance of biological diversity. Admixture mapping can be used to identify the number and effect sizes of genes that contribute to the divergence of ecologically important traits, even in taxa that are not amenable to laboratory crosses because of their long generation time or other limitations. Here, we apply admixture mapping to naturally occurring hybrids between two ecologically divergent Populus species. We map quantitative trait loci for eight leaf morphological traits using 77 mapped microsatellite markers from all 19 chromosomes of Populus. We apply multivariate linear regression analysis allowing the modeling of additive and non-additive gene action and identify several candidate genomic regions associated with leaf morphology using an information-theoretic approach. We perform simulation studies to assess the power and limitations of admixture mapping of quantitative traits in natural hybrid populations for a variety of genetic architectures and modes of gene action. Our results indicate that (1) admixture mapping has considerable power to identify the genetic architecture of species differences if sample sizes and marker densities are sufficiently high, (2) modeling of non-additive gene action can help to elucidate the discrepancy between genotype and phenotype sometimes seen in interspecific hybrids, and (3) the genetic architecture of leaf morphological traits in the studied Populus species involves complementary and overdominant gene action, providing the basis for rapid adaptation of these ecologically important forest trees.
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- D Lindtke
- Unit of Ecology and Evolution, Department of
Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg,
Switzerland
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- INIA, Forest Research Centre, Department of
Forest Ecology and Genetics, Madrid, Spain
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- INIA, Forest Research Centre, Department of
Forest Ecology and Genetics, Madrid, Spain
- Technical University of Madrid, ETS Forestry
Engineering, Department of Silviculture, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Ecology and Evolution, Department of
Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg,
Switzerland
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
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Hybrid speciation has long fascinated evolutionary biologists and laymen alike, presumably because it challenges our classical view of evolution as a 'one-way street' leading to strictly tree-like patterns of ancestry and descent. Homoploid hybrid speciation (HHS) has been a particularly interesting puzzle, as it appears to occur extremely rapidly, perhaps within less than 50 generations (McCarthy et al. 1995; Buerkle et al. 2000). Nevertheless, HHS may sometimes involve extended or repeated periods of recombination and gene exchange between populations subject to strong divergent natural selection (Buerkle & Rieseberg 2008). Thus, HHS provides a highly interesting setting for understanding the drivers and tempo of adaptive divergence and speciation in the face of gene flow (Arnold 2006; Rieseberg & Willis 2007; Nolte & Tautz 2009). In the present issue of Molecular Ecology, Wang et al. (2011) explore a particularly challenging issue connected to HHS: they attempt to trace the colonization and recombination history of an ancient (several MYA) hybrid species, from admixture and recombination in the ancestral hybrid zone to subsequent range shifts triggered by tectonic events (uplift of the Tibetan plateau) and climatic shifts (Pleistocene ice ages). This work is important because it addresses key issues related to the origin of the standing genetic variation available for adaptive responses (e.g. to climate change) and speciation in temperate species, which are topics of great current interest (Rieseberg et al. 2003; Barrett & Schluter 2008; de Carvalho et al. 2010).
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- C Lexer
- Unit of Ecology & Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Palma-Silva C, Wendt T, Pinheiro F, Barbará T, Fay MF, Cozzolino S, Lexer C. Sympatric bromeliad species (Pitcairnia spp.) facilitate tests of mechanisms involved in species cohesion and reproductive isolation in Neotropical inselbergs. Mol Ecol 2011; 20:3185-201. [PMID: 21672064 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05143.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The roles of intra- and interspecific gene flow in speciation and species evolution are topics of great current interest in molecular ecology and evolutionary biology. Recent modelling studies call for new empirical data to test hypotheses arising from the recent shift from a 'whole-genome reproductive isolation' view to a 'genic' view of species and speciation. Particularly scarce (and thus of particular interest) are molecular genetic data on recently radiated, naturally hybridizing species in strongly structured and species-rich environments. Here, we studied four sympatric plant species (Pitcairnia spp.; Bromeliaceae) adapted to Neotropical inselbergs (isolated outcrops resembling habitat 'islands' in tropical rainforests) using nuclear and plastid DNA. Patterns of plastid DNA haplotype sharing and nuclear genomic admixture suggest the presence of both, incomplete lineage sorting and interspecific gene flow over extended periods of time. Integrity and cohesion of inselberg species of Pitcairnia are maintained despite introgression and in the face of extremely low within-species migration rates (N(e)m < 1 migrant per generation). Cross-evaluation of our genetic data against published pollination experiments indicate that species integrity is maintained by the simultaneous action of multiple prezygotic barriers, including flowering phenology, pollinator isolation and divergent mating systems. Postzygotic Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities appear to contribute to isolation, as suggested by asymmetric introgression rates of single loci. Our results suggest that incomplete lineage sorting, hybridization and introgression form integral aspects of adaptive radiation in Neotropical inselberg 'archipelagos'. Inselbergs with multiple closely related co-occurring species should be of special interest to students of speciation in mountain systems, and to ongoing conservation programmes in the Atlantic Rainforest biodiversity hotspot.
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- C Palma-Silva
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK.
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Macaya-Sanz D, Suter L, Joseph J, Barbará T, Alba N, González-Martínez SC, Widmer A, Lexer C. Genetic analysis of post-mating reproductive barriers in hybridizing European Populus species. Heredity (Edinb) 2011; 107:478-86. [PMID: 21587301 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Molecular genetic analyses of experimental crosses provide important information on the strength and nature of post-mating barriers to gene exchange between divergent populations, which are topics of great interest to evolutionary geneticists and breeders. Although not a trivial task in long-lived organisms such as trees, experimental interspecific recombinants can sometimes be created through controlled crosses involving natural F(1)'s. Here, we used this approach to understand the genetics of post-mating isolation and barriers to introgression in Populus alba and Populus tremula, two ecologically divergent, hybridizing forest trees. We studied 86 interspecific backcross (BC(1)) progeny and >350 individuals from natural populations of these species for up to 98 nuclear genetic markers, including microsatellites, indels and single nucleotide polymorphisms, and inferred the origin of the cytoplasm of the cross with plastid DNA. Genetic analysis of the BC(1) revealed extensive segregation distortions on six chromosomes, and >90% of these (12 out of 13) favored P. tremula donor alleles in the heterospecific genomic background. Since selection was documented during early diploid stages of the progeny, this surprising result was attributed to epistasis, cyto-nuclear coadaptation, heterozygote advantage at nuclear loci experiencing introgression or a combination of these. Our results indicate that gene flow across 'porous' species barriers affects these poplars and aspens beyond neutral, Mendelian expectations and suggests the mechanisms responsible. Contrary to expectations, the Populus sex determination region is not protected from introgression. Understanding the population dynamics of the Populus sex determination region will require tests based on natural interspecific hybrid zones.
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- D Macaya-Sanz
- Department of Forest Ecology and Genetics, Center of Forest Research, CIFOR-INIA, Carretera de A Coruña, Madrid, Spain
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Barbará T, Lexer C, Martinelli G, Mayo S, Fay MF, Heuertz M. Within-population spatial genetic structure in four naturally fragmented species of a neotropical inselberg radiation, Alcantarea imperialis, A. geniculata, A. glaziouana and A. regina (Bromeliaceae). Heredity (Edinb) 2008; 101:285-96. [PMID: 18648390 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Studies of organisms on 'terrestrial islands' can improve our understanding of two unresolved issues in evolutionary genetics: the likely long-term effects of habitat fragmentation and the genetic underpinnings of continental species radiations in island-like terrestrial habitats. We have addressed both issues for four closely related plant species of the adaptive radiation Bromeliaceae, Alcantarea imperialis, A. geniculata, A. regina and A. glaziouana. All four are adapted to ancient, isolated inselberg rock outcrops in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest and are thus long-term fragmented by nature. We used eight nuclear microsatellites to study within-population spatial genetic structure (SGS) and historical gene dispersal in nine populations of these species. Within-population SGS reflected known between-species differences in mating systems. The strongest SGS observed in A. glaziouana (Sp=0.947) was stronger than literature estimates available for plants. Analysis of short- and long-distance components of SGS identified biparental inbreeding, selfing and restricted seed dispersal as main determinants of SGS, with restricted pollen dispersal by bats contributing in some localities. The ability of Alcantarea spp. to colonize isolated inselbergs probably stems from their flexible mating systems and an ability to tolerate inbreeding. Short-ranging gene dispersal (average sigma=7-27 m) is consistent with a loss of dispersal power in terrestrial island habitats. Population subdivision associated with sympatric colour morphs in A. imperialis is accompanied by between-morph differences in pollen and seed dispersal. Our results indicate a high potential for divergence with gene flow in inselberg bromeliads and they provide base-line data about the long-term effects of fragmentation in plants.
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- T Barbará
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
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Barbará T, Martinelli G, Fay MF, Mayo SJ, Lexer C. Population differentiation and species cohesion in two closely related plants adapted to neotropical high-altitude 'inselbergs', Alcantarea imperialis and Alcantarea geniculata (Bromeliaceae). Mol Ecol 2008; 16:1981-92. [PMID: 17498226 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03272.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Isolated granitic rock outcrops or 'inselbergs' may provide a window into the molecular ecology and genetics of continental radiations under simplified conditions, in analogy to the use of oceanic islands in studies of species radiations. Patterns of variability and gene flow in inselberg species have never been thoroughly evaluated in comparison to related taxa with more continuous distribution ranges, or to other species in the same kingdom in general. We use nuclear microsatellites to study population differentiation and gene flow in two diploid, perennial plants adapted to high-altitude neotropical inselbergs, Alcantarea imperialis and Alcantarea geniculata (Bromeliaceae). Population differentiation is pronounced in both taxa, especially in A. imperialis. Gene flow in this species is considerably lower than expected from the literature on plants in general and Bromeliaceae in particular, and too low to prevent differentiation due to drift (N(e)m < 1), unless selection coefficients/effect sizes of favourable alleles are great enough to maintain species cohesion. Low gene flow in A. imperialis indicates that the ability of pollinating bats to promote gene exchange between inselbergs is smaller than previously assumed. Population subdivision in one inselberg population of A. imperialis appears to be associated with the presence of two colour morphs that differ in the coloration of rosettes and bracts. Our results indicate a high potential for inselbergs as venues for studies of the molecular ecology and genetics of continental radiations, such as the one that gave rise to the extraordinary diversity of adaptive strategies and phenotypes seen in Bromeliaceae.
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- T Barbará
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK.
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Andrade IM, Mayo SJ, van den Berg C, Fay MF, Chester M, Lexer C, Kirkup D. A preliminary study of genetic variation in populations of Monstera adansonii var. klotzschiana (Araceae) from North-East Brazil, estimated with AFLP molecular markers. Ann Bot 2007; 100:1143-54. [PMID: 17823112 PMCID: PMC2759243 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS This study sought genetic evidence of long-term isolation in populations of Monstera adansonii var. klotzschiana (Araceae), a herbaceous, probably outbreeding, humid forest hemi-epiphyte, in the brejo forests of Ceará (north-east Brazil), and clarification of their relationships with populations in Amazonia and the Atlantic forest of Brazil. METHODS Within-population genetic diversity and between-population dissimilarity were estimated using AFLP molecular markers in 75 individuals from eight populations located in Ceará, the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and Amazonia. KEY RESULTS The populations showed a clinal pattern of weak genetic differentiation over a large geographical region (F(ST) = 0.1896). A strong correlation between genetic and geographical distance (Mantel test: r = 0.6903, P = 0.002) suggests a historical pattern of isolation by distance. Genetic structure analysis revealed at least two distinct gene pools in the data. The two isolated Ceará populations are significantly different from each other (pairwise Phi(PT) = 0.137, P = 0.003) and as diverse (Nei's gene diversity, average H(e) = 0.1832, 0.1706) as those in the Atlantic and Amazon forest regions. The population in southern Brazil is less diverse (Nei's gene diversity, average H(e) = 0.127) than the rest. The Ceará populations are related to those of the Atlantic forest rather than those from Amazonia (AMOVA, among-groups variation = 11.95 %, P = 0.037). CONCLUSIONS The gene pools detected within an overall pattern of clinal variation suggest distinct episodes of gene flow, possibly correlated with past humid forest expansions. The Ceará populations show no evidence of erosion of genetic diversity, although this was expected because of their isolation. Their genetic differentiation and relatively high diversity reinforce the importance of conserving the endangered brejo forests.
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- I. M. Andrade
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Avenida Universitária s/n, 44031–460, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
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- Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK
- For correspondence. E-mail
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Avenida Universitária s/n, 44031–460, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
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- Genetics Section, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK
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- Genetics Section, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK
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- Genetics Section, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK
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- Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK
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Lexer C, Buerkle CA, Joseph JA, Heinze B, Fay MF. Erratum: Admixture in European Populus hybrid zones makes feasible the mapping of loci that contribute to reproductive isolation and trait differences. Heredity (Edinb) 2006. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Lexer C, Buerkle CA, Joseph JA, Heinze B, Fay MF. Admixture in European Populus hybrid zones makes feasible the mapping of loci that contribute to reproductive isolation and trait differences. Heredity (Edinb) 2006; 98:74-84. [PMID: 16985509 DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The use of admixed human populations to scan the genome for chromosomal segments affecting complex phenotypic traits has proved a powerful analytical tool. However, its potential in other organisms has not yet been evaluated. Here, we use DNA microsatellites to assess the feasibility of this approach in hybrid zones between two members of the 'model tree' genus Populus: Populus alba (white poplar) and Populus tremula (European aspen). We analyzed samples of both species and a Central European hybrid zone (N=544 chromosomes) for a genome-wide set of 19 polymorphic DNA microsatellites. Our results indicate that allele frequency differentials between the two species are substantial (mean delta=0.619+/-0.067). Background linkage disequilibrium (LD) in samples of the parental gene pools is moderate and should respond to sampling schemes that minimize drift and account for rare alleles. LD in hybrids decays with increasing number of backcross generations as expected from theory and approaches background levels of the parental gene pools in advanced generation backcrosses. Introgression from P. tremula into P. alba varies strongly across marker loci. For several markers, alleles from P. tremula are slightly over-represented relative to neutral expectations, whereas a single locus exhibits evidence of selection against P. tremula genotypes. We interpret our results in terms of the potential for admixture mapping in these two ecologically divergent Populus species, and we validate a modified approach of studying genotypic clines in 'mosaic' hybrid zones.
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- C Lexer
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, UK.
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- C Lexer
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK.
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Serpentine soils provide a difficult substrate for plant colonization and growth and therefore represent an ideal system for studying the genetics of habitat adaptation and the evolution of plant-ecotypes. Using an F2 mapping population derived from an intraspecific cross between a serpentine and a nonserpentine ecotype of Silene vulgaris, the genetic architecture of seven morphological, physiological and life-history traits was explored. A quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis identified 23 QTLs, 15 of which were classified as major QTLs. The observed genetic architecture suggests that traits potentially involved in habitat adaptation are controlled by few genes of major effect and have evolved under consistent directional selection. Several linkage groups harboured overlapping QTLs for different traits, which can be due to either pleiotropy or linkage. The potential roles of these factors and of the time available for habitat adaptation and ecological speciation on serpentine are discussed.
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- M Bratteler
- ETH Zurich, Plant Ecological Genetics, Institute of Integrative Biology, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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Lexer C, Fay MF, Joseph JA, Nica MS, Heinze B. Barrier to gene flow between two ecologically divergent Populus species, P. alba (white poplar) and P. tremula (European aspen): the role of ecology and life history in gene introgression. Mol Ecol 2006; 14:1045-57. [PMID: 15773935 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2005.02469.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The renewed interest in the use of hybrid zones for studying speciation calls for the identification and study of hybrid zones across a wide range of organisms, especially in long-lived taxa for which it is often difficult to generate interpopulation variation through controlled crosses. Here, we report on the extent and direction of introgression between two members of the "model tree" genus Populus: Populus alba (white poplar) and Populus tremula (European aspen), across a large zone of sympatry located in the Danube valley. We genotyped 93 hybrid morphotypes and samples from four parental reference populations from within and outside the zone of sympatry for a genome-wide set of 20 nuclear microsatellites and eight plastid DNA restriction site polymorphisms. Our results indicate that introgression occurs preferentially from P. tremula to P. alba via P. tremula pollen. This unidirectional pattern is facilitated by high levels of pollen vs. seed dispersal in P. tremula (pollen/seed flow = 23.9) and by great ecological opportunity in the lowland floodplain forest in proximity to P. alba seed parents, which maintains gene flow in the direction of P. alba despite smaller effective population sizes (N(e)) in this species (P. alba N(e)c. 500-550; P. tremula N(e)c. 550-700). Our results indicate that hybrid zones will be valuable tools for studying the genetic architecture of the barrier to gene flow between these two ecologically divergent Populus species.
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- C Lexer
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK.
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Recent results of evolutionary genomics and other research programmes indicate an important role for environment-dependent selection in speciation, but the conceptual frameworks of speciation genetics and environmental stress physiology have not been fully integrated. Only a small number of model systems have been established for cross-disciplinary studies of this type in animals and plants. In these taxa (e.g. Drosophila and Arabidopsis/Arabis), studies of the mechanistic basis of various stress responses are increasingly combined with attempts to understand their evolutionary consequences. Our understanding of the role of environmental stress in speciation would benefit from studies of a larger variety of taxa. We pinpoint areas for future study and predict that in many taxa 'broad' hybrid zones maintained by ecological selection will be valuable venues for addressing the link between environmental stress, adaptation, and speciation.
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- C Lexer
- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK.
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Juan A, Crespo MB, Cowan RS, Lexer C, Fay MF. Patterns of variability and gene flow in Medicago citrina, an endangered endemic of islands in the western Mediterranean, as revealed by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Mol Ecol 2004; 13:2679-90. [PMID: 15315680 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2004.02289.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Medicago citrina is an endangered western Mediterranean endemic that grows only on small islets of the Balearic archipelago and off the eastern Spanish coast. Only 10 isolated subpopulations are currently known (four from Ibiza, three from Cabrera, two from Columbretes and one from an offshore islet in northern Alicante province), constituting a severely fragmented genetic system. Data were analysed with the unweighted pair-group method using arithmetic averages (UPGMA) and principle coordinates analysis (PCOA), revealing several distinct groups. Genetic diversity indices indicated that Ibizan subpopulations had the highest genetic variability (Nei's index: 0.1463; Shannon's index: 0.228), whereas the lowest variability was found in Alicante (Nei's index: 0.035; Shannon's index: 0.050) and Cabrera (Nei's index: 0.068; Shannon's index: 0.104). These latter populations show the highest FST values (FST = 0.548) revealing high differentiation between them. Columbretes subpopulations formed a defined single group, although it also included some Ibizan samples. The smallest FST values, obtained between Ibiza and Columbretes (FST = 0.185), are not correlated with geographical proximity, but appear to be related to the geologically recent volcanic origin of the Columbretes islands (300,000 years ago). According to the distribution of the Ibizan samples in the dendrogram and the FST values, the best hypothesis is to regard the Ibizan subpopulations as the centre of genetic diversity of the currently known subpopulations. Our results suggest migratory scenarios from Ibiza to Columbretes based mainly on zoochory probably by seabirds. Finally, recommendations are provided for management strategies to facilitate the conservation of this endangered species.
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- A Juan
- Instituto Universitario de Investigación-Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad, Universidad de Alicante, PO Box 99, E-03080, Spain.
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González-Pérez MA, Lledó MD, Fay MF, Lexer C, Sosa PA. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci inBencomia exstipulataandB. caudata(Rosaceae). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00601.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- H. Steinkellner
- Zentrum für Angewandte Genetik, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse18, A‐1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Zentrum für Angewandte Genetik, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse18, A‐1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Zentrum für Angewandte Genetik, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse18, A‐1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Zentrum für Angewandte Genetik, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse18, A‐1190 Vienna, Austria
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Lexer C, Welch ME, Durphy JL, Rieseberg LH. Natural selection for salt tolerance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) in wild sunflower hybrids: implications for the origin of Helianthus paradoxus, a diploid hybrid species. Mol Ecol 2003; 12:1225-35. [PMID: 12694286 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01803.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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For a new diploid or homoploid hybrid species to become established, it must diverge ecologically from parental genotypes. Otherwise the hybrid neospecies will be overcome by gene flow or competition. We initiated a series of experiments designed to understand how the homoploid hybrid species, Helianthus paradoxus, was able to colonize salt marsh habitats, when both of its parental species (H. annuusxH. petiolaris) are salt sensitive. Here, we report on the results of a quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of mineral ion uptake traits and survivorship in 172 BC2 hybrids between H. annuus and H. petiolaris that were planted in H. paradoxus salt marsh habitat in New Mexico. A total of 14 QTLs were detected for mineral ion uptake traits and three for survivorship. Several mineral ion QTLs mapped to the same position as the survivorship QTLs, confirming previous studies, which indicated that salt tolerance in Helianthus is achieved through increased Ca uptake, coupled with greater exclusion of Na and related mineral ions. Of greater general significance was the observation that QTLs with effects in opposing directions were found for survivorship and for all mineral ion uptake traits with more than one detected QTL. This genetic architecture provides an ideal substrate for rapid ecological divergence in hybrid neospecies and offers a simple explanation for the colonization of salt marsh habitats by H. paradoxus. Finally, selection coefficients of +0.126, -0.084 and -0.094 for the three survivorship QTLs, respectively, are sufficiently large to account for establishment of new, homoploid hybrid species.
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- C Lexer
- Department of Biology, Jordan Hall 142, 1001 East Third Street, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
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Glacial refugia are generally expected to harbor higher levels of genetic diversity than are areas that have been colonized after the retreat of the glaciers because colonization often involves only a few individuals. A new paper by Comps et al. challenges this expectation by demonstrating a more complex situation in the European beech Fagus sylvatica, for which some measures of genetic diversity are higher in newly colonized areas than in refugia. The key to understanding this counter-intuitive result rests both in the estimators used to measure genetic diversity and in the processes affecting these estimators during postglacial recolonization.
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Steinkellner H, Fluch S, Turetschek E, Lexer C, Streiff R, Kremer A, Burg K, Glössl J. Identification and characterization of (GA/CT)n-microsatellite loci from Quercus petraea. Plant Mol Biol 1997; 33:1093-6. [PMID: 9154990 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005736722794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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In this study a size selected genomic library from Quercus petraea was screened for (GA/CT)n-microsatellite sequences. The resulting loci were analysed by PCR for their usefulness as molecular markers in Q. petraea and Q. robur. 17 out of 52 tested primer pairs resulted in the amplification of a polymorphic single-locus pattern. The number of alleles found per locus varied from 6 to 16. Combining the genetic variation observed for the characterized loci provides a unique genotype for all the individuals tested. Using intraspecific controlled crosses of Q. robur trees Mendelian inheritance could be shown for five loci.
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- H Steinkellner
- Zentrum für Angewandte Genetik, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Vienna, Austria
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