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Garcia-Jacas N, López-Pujol J, Nualart N, Herrando-Moraira S, Romaschenko K, Ren MX, Susanna A. Centaurea Subsect. Phalolepis (Compositae, Cardueae): A Case Study of Mountain-Driven Allopatric Speciation in the Mediterranean Peninsulas. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:11. [PMID: 36616140 PMCID: PMC9823864 DOI: 10.3390/plants12010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Centaurea subsection Phalolepis has been thoroughly analyzed in previous studies using microsatellites in four centers of speciation: Anatolia, Greece, the Italian Peninsula and the Iberian Peninsula. Evidence suggests a correlation between taxon diversity and mountains. This group constituted a good case study for examining the mountain-geobiodiversity hypothesis (MGH), which explains the possible reasons for the many radiations occurring in mountains across the world. We combined all the datasets and carried out analyses of their genetic structure to confirm the species of subsect. Phalolepis are grouped according to a geographic pattern. We then checked whether climatic fluctuations favored the "species pump" hypothesis in the mountains by using the Climatic Stability Index (CSI). Finally, the relief of the terrain was tested against the rate of allopatric speciation by region by means of Terrain Ruggedness Index and environmental gradients through our new Climate Niche Breadth Index. Our results supported the MGH hypothesis and confirmed that the main triggers, namely altitudinal zonation, climatic oscillations and rugged terrain, must be present for the development of a radiation.
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- Núria Garcia-Jacas
- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), Pg. Migdia, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
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- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), Pg. Migdia, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
- Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Espíritu Santo (UEES), Samborondón 091650, Ecuador
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- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), Pg. Migdia, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
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- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), Pg. Migdia, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
- M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou 570228, China
- Center for Terrestrial Biodiversity of the South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), Pg. Migdia, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
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Ben-Menni Schuler S, López-Pujol J, Blanca G, Vilatersana R, Garcia-Jacas N, Suárez-Santiago VN. Influence of the Quaternary Glacial Cycles and the Mountains on the Reticulations in the Subsection Willkommia of the Genus Centaurea. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:303. [PMID: 30949188 PMCID: PMC6437100 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Late Neogene and Quaternary climatic oscillations have greatly shaped the genetic structure of the Mediterranean Basin flora, with mountain plant species tracking warm interglacials/cold glacials by means of altitudinal shifts instead of broad latitudinal ones. Such dynamics may have enhanced population divergence but also secondary contacts. In this paper, we use a case example of subsection Willkommia of Centaurea (comprising three narrowly distributed endemic species, Centaurea gadorensis, C. pulvinata, and C. sagredoi) to test for reticulate evolution and recurrent hybridizations between nearby populations. For this, we combine analyses of genetic diversity and structuring, gene flow and spatial correlation, and ecological niche modeling. Our results support the contention that the current genetic structure of the three species is the result of historical gene flow at sites of secondary contact during the glacial periods, followed by isolation after the retraction of populations to the middle-upper areas of the mountains during the interglacial periods. The extent and direction of the gene flow was determined largely by the location of the populations on mountainsides oriented toward the same valley or toward different valleys, suggesting the intermountain valleys as the areas where secondary contacts occurred.
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- Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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Garcia-Jacas N, López-Pujol J, López-Vinyallonga S, Janaćković P, Susanna A. Centaurea subsect. Phalolepis in Southern Italy: ongoing speciation or species overestimation? Genetic evidence based on SSRs analyses. SYST BIODIVERS 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2018.1549617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Núria Garcia-Jacas
- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-ICUB), Pg. del Migdia, s. n., Barcelona, 08038, Spain
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- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-ICUB), Pg. del Migdia, s. n., Barcelona, 08038, Spain
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- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-ICUB), Pg. del Migdia, s. n., Barcelona, 08038, Spain
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden “Jevremovac”, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-ICUB), Pg. del Migdia, s. n., Barcelona, 08038, Spain
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Farris E, Filigheddu R, Mameli G, Falanga V, Vanetti I, Rosati L, Binelli G. Is population genetic structure of vascular plants shaped more by ecological or geographic factors? A study case on the Mediterranean endemic Centaurea filiformis (Asteraceae). PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2018; 20:936-947. [PMID: 29873892 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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All known populations of the Sardinian endemic Centaurea filiformis Viv. (Asteraceae) were studied in order to understand the impact of both geographic and ecological factors on the genetic structuring of this species. Fourteen populations and 234 individuals were sampled. The demographic structure of the populations and the reproductive ecology were estimated in 28 plots. Population genetic analyses were based on SSR markers. Genetic structure was investigated by spatial Bayesian methods. Average densities of 0.51 individuals m-2 were detected, with a prevalence of adults. Ten species of pollinators were identified; C. filiformis ability to self-pollinate and myrmecochory were demonstrated experimentally. The populations displayed an average heterozygosity value of He = 0.576 and high genetic differentiation (overall FST = 0.218). Bayesian analysis suggests that five is the most probable number of gene pools of origin. A strong correlation between geographic distances and genetic distances among populations was highlighted. The demographic population structure of C. filiformis is dominated by adults, suggesting that it is a stable-regressive or senile species, investing more in local persistence than colonisation ability. Despite the scattered distribution, the populations studied do not present evidence of genetic erosion. The analysis of genetic differentiation reveals very high differentiation levels among populations, thus indicating that effective barriers exist against gene flow. A general conclusion is that population distribution results in a clear genetic structure for the populations studied, and that geography and not ecology is shaping the present distribution of this species.
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- E Farris
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy
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Matesanz S, Rubio Teso ML, García-Fernández A, Escudero A. Habitat Fragmentation Differentially Affects Genetic Variation, Phenotypic Plasticity and Survival in Populations of a Gypsum Endemic. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:843. [PMID: 28603529 PMCID: PMC5445106 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Habitat fragmentation, i.e., fragment size and isolation, can differentially alter patterns of neutral and quantitative genetic variation, fitness and phenotypic plasticity of plant populations, but their effects have rarely been tested simultaneously. We assessed the combined effects of size and connectivity on these aspects of genetic and phenotypic variation in populations of Centaurea hyssopifolia, a narrow endemic gypsophile that previously showed performance differences associated with fragmentation. We grew 111 maternal families sampled from 10 populations that differed in their fragment size and connectivity in a common garden, and characterized quantitative genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity to drought for key functional traits, and plant survival, as a measure of population fitness. We also assessed neutral genetic variation within and among populations using eight microsatellite markers. Although C. hyssopifolia is a narrow endemic gypsophile, we found substantial neutral genetic variation and quantitative variation for key functional traits. The partition of genetic variance indicated that a higher proportion of variation was found within populations, which is also consistent with low population differentiation in molecular markers, functional traits and their plasticity. This, combined with the generally small effect of habitat fragmentation suggests that gene flow among populations is not restricted, despite large differences in fragment size and isolation. Importantly, population's similarities in genetic variation and plasticity did not reflect the lower survival observed in isolated populations. Overall, our results indicate that, although the species consists of genetically variable populations able to express functional plasticity, such aspects of adaptive potential may not always reflect populations' survival. Given the differential effects of habitat connectivity on functional traits, genetic variation and fitness, our study highlights the need to shift the focus of fragmentation studies to the mechanisms that regulate connectivity effects, and call for caution on the use of genetic variation and plasticity to forecast population performance.
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- Silvia Matesanz
- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan CarlosMóstoles, Spain
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López-Pujol J, López-Vinyallonga S, Susanna A, Ertuğrul K, Uysal T, Tugay O, Guetat A, Garcia-Jacas N. Speciation and genetic diversity in Centaurea subsect. Phalolepis in Anatolia. Sci Rep 2016; 6:37818. [PMID: 27886271 PMCID: PMC5122891 DOI: 10.1038/srep37818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Mountains of Anatolia are one of the main Mediterranean biodiversity hotspots and their richness in endemic species amounts for 30% of the flora. Two main factors may account for this high diversity: the complex orography and its role as refugia during past glaciations. We have investigated seven narrow endemics of Centaurea subsection Phalolepis from Anatolia by means of microsatellites and ecological niche modelling (ENM), in order to analyse genetic polymorphisms and getting insights into their speciation. Despite being narrow endemics, all the studied species show moderate to high SSR genetic diversity. Populations are genetically isolated, but exchange of genes probably occurred at glacial maxima (likely through the Anatolian mountain arches as suggested by the ENM). The lack of correlation between genetic clusters and (morpho) species is interpreted as a result of allopatric diversification on the basis of a shared gene pool. As suggested in a former study in Greece, post-glacial isolation in mountains would be the main driver of diversification in these plants; mountains of Anatolia would have acted as plant refugia, allowing the maintenance of high genetic diversity. Ancient gene flow between taxa that became sympatric during glaciations may also have contributed to the high levels of genetic diversity.
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- Jordi López-Pujol
- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), Pg. del Migdia, s/n, ES-08038 Barcelona, Spain
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- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), Pg. del Migdia, s/n, ES-08038 Barcelona, Spain
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- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), Pg. del Migdia, s/n, ES-08038 Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Science and Art, Selcuk University, TR-42031 Konya, Turkey
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- Faculty of Science and Art, Selcuk University, TR-42031 Konya, Turkey
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- Faculty of Science and Art, Selcuk University, TR-42031 Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia
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- Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), Pg. del Migdia, s/n, ES-08038 Barcelona, Spain
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Olivieri I, Tonnabel J, Ronce O, Mignot A. Why evolution matters for species conservation: perspectives from three case studies of plant metapopulations. Evol Appl 2015; 9:196-211. [PMID: 27087848 PMCID: PMC4780382 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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We advocate the advantage of an evolutionary approach to conservation biology that considers evolutionary history at various levels of biological organization. We review work on three separate plant taxa, spanning from one to multiple decades, illustrating extremes in metapopulation functioning. We show how the rare endemics Centaurea corymbosa (Clape Massif, France) and Brassica insularis in Corsica (France) may be caught in an evolutionary trap: disruption of metapopulation functioning due to lack of colonization of new sites may have counterselected traits such as dispersal ability or self‐compatibility, making these species particularly vulnerable to any disturbance. The third case study concerns the evolution of life history strategies in the highly diverse genus Leucadendron of the South African fynbos. There, fire disturbance and the recolonization phase after fires are so integral to the functioning of populations that recruitment of new individuals is conditioned by fire. We show how past adaptation to different fire regimes and climatic constraints make species with different life history syndromes more or less vulnerable to global changes. These different case studies suggest that management strategies should promote evolutionary potential and evolutionary processes to better protect extant biodiversity and biodiversification.
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- Isabelle Olivieri
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution Université Montpellier CNRS IRD EPHE CC65 Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5 France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution Université Montpellier CNRS IRD EPHE CC65 Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5 France; Department of Ecology and Evolution Le Biophore UNIL-SORGE University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution Université Montpellier CNRS IRD EPHE CC65 Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5 France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution Université Montpellier CNRS IRD EPHE CC65 Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5 France
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Mountains and refuges: Genetic structure and evolutionary history in closely related, endemic Centaurea in continental Greece. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2015; 92:243-54. [PMID: 26151220 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2015] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mountains of continental Greece are one of the main Mediterranean biodiversity hotspots, very rich in endemic species. The speciation in this area might have resulted from two main factors: a complex orography and its role as a refugium during past glaciations. We have investigated genetic diversity and population structure for a group of narrow endemics of Centaurea subsect. Phalolepis, with three main goals: to investigate population structure of these narrow endemics, to check whether patterns of genetic variation are in agreement with recognized species boundaries, and to get insights into the process of diversification within this group. Fifteen populations belonging to seven species were genotyped using cpDNA (rpl32-trnL region) sequences and nuclear microsatellites (eight loci). SSR were used to assess genetic variability, to analyse molecular variance, to identify genetic barriers, to estimate recent and historical gene flow, and to carry out a model-based Bayesian clustering. Analysis of cpDNA was used to construct a haplotype network. Despite being narrow endemics, all the studied species show moderate to high SSR genetic diversity. Genetic isolation of populations is very high, with no current gene flow among them. Patterns of genetic structure indicate that there are more genetic clusters than there are currently recognized taxa. Genetic data suggest that isolation in mountain ranges and subsequent allopatric speciation would be the main driver of diversification in the group; the refugial nature of the mountains of continental Greece has allowed the maintenance of high within-population genetic diversity.
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Mameli G, Filigheddu R, Binelli G, Meloni M. The genetic structure of the remnant populations of Centaurea horrida in Sardinia and associated islands. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2008; 101:633-640. [PMID: 18256022 PMCID: PMC2710185 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2007] [Revised: 09/10/2007] [Accepted: 01/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The Mediterranean region is of prime importance to biodiversity at a global level, mainly due to the abundance of endemic plant species. However, information about these species is still scarce, especially at the genetic level. In this paper the first assessment is reported of the genetic structure of Centaurea horrida (Asteraceae), an endemic, sea-cliff-dwelling plant from Sardinia. METHODS The study was conducted on seven populations covering the entire natural range of the species by means of SSR (microsatellite) markers. KEY RESULTS A considerable amount of genetic variation was found (average H(e) = 0.603-0.854), together with a medium-high differentiation among populations, as estimated both by F(ST) (0.123) and R(ST) (0.158). Both Bayesian analysis and AMOVA were employed to detect genetic structuring in this species. The results suggest that the origins of the current populations of C. horrida lie in two gene pools. CONCLUSIONS Despite the restricted range, C. horrida displays high levels of genetic diversity, structured in such a way that three management units could be deemed viable for its conservation. The protected status of the species will probably suffice to prevent the impoverishment of its genetic resources.
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- Giulia Mameli
- Dipartimento di Botanica ed Ecologia Vegetale, Università degli Studi di Sassari, via Muroni 25, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Botanica ed Ecologia Vegetale, Università degli Studi di Sassari, via Muroni 25, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze Molecolari, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze Molecolari, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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Hardy OJ, González-Martínez SC, Colas B, Fréville H, Mignot A, Olivieri I. Fine-scale genetic structure and gene dispersal in Centaurea corymbosa (Asteraceae). II. Correlated paternity within and among sibships. Genetics 2005; 168:1601-14. [PMID: 15579710 PMCID: PMC1448787 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.027714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The fine-scale pattern of correlated paternity was characterized within a population of the narrow-endemic model plant species, Centaurea corymbosa, using microsatellites and natural progeny arrays. We used classical approaches to assess correlated mating within sibships and developed a new method based on pairwise kinship coefficients to assess correlated paternity within and among sibships in a spatio-temporal perspective. We also performed numerical simulations to assess the relative significance of different mechanisms promoting correlated paternity and to compare the statistical properties of different estimators of correlated paternity. Our new approach proved very informative to assess which factors contributed most to correlated paternity and presented good statistical properties. Within progeny arrays, we found that about one-fifth of offspring pairs were full-sibs. This level of correlated mating did not result from correlated pollen dispersal events (i.e., pollen codispersion) but rather from limited mate availability, the latter being due to limited pollen dispersal distances, the heterogeneity of pollen production among plants, phenological heterogeneity and, according to simulations, the self-incompatibility system. We point out the close connection between correlated paternity and the "TwoGener" approach recently developed to infer pollen dispersal and discuss the conditions to be met when applying the latter.
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- Olivier J Hardy
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Ecologie Végétales, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1160 Brussels, Belgium.
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Hardy OJ, González-Martínez SC, Fréville H, Boquien G, Mignot A, Colas B, Olivieri I. Fine-scale genetic structure and gene dispersal in Centaurea corymbosa (Asteraceae) I. Pattern of pollen dispersal. J Evol Biol 2004; 17:795-806. [PMID: 15271079 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00713.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pollen dispersal was characterized within a population of the narrowly endemic perennial herb, Centaurea corymbosa, using exclusion-based and likelihood-based paternity analyses carried out on microsatellite data. Data were used to fit a model of pollen dispersal and to estimate the rates of pollen flow and mutation/genotyping error, by developing a new method. Selfing was rare (1.6%). Pollen dispersed isotropically around each flowering plant following a leptokurtic distribution, with 50% of mating pairs separated by less than 11 m, but 22% by more than 40 m. Estimates of pollen flow lacked precision (0-25%), partially because mutations and/or genotyping errors (0.03-1%) could also explain the occurrence of offspring without a compatible candidate father. However, the pollen pool that fertilized these offspring was little differentiated from the adults of the population whereas strongly differentiated from the other populations, suggesting that pollen flow rate among populations was low. Our results suggest that pollen dispersal is too extended to allow differentiation by local adaptation within a population. However, among populations, gene flow might be low enough for such processes to occur.
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- O J Hardy
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Ecologie Végétales, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
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Squirrell J, Hollingsworth PM, Woodhead M, Russell J, Lowe AJ, Gibby M, Powell W. How much effort is required to isolate nuclear microsatellites from plants? Mol Ecol 2003; 12:1339-48. [PMID: 12755865 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01825.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The attributes of codominance, reproducibility and high resolution have all contributed towards the current popularity of nuclear microsatellites as genetic markers in molecular ecological studies. One of their major drawbacks, however, is the development phase required to obtain working primers for a given study species. To facilitate project planning, we have reviewed the literature to quantify the workload involved in isolating nuclear microsatellites from plants. We highlight the attrition of loci at each stage in the process, and the average effort required to obtain 10 working microsatellite primer pairs.
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- J Squirrell
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20 A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK.
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Freville H, Justy F, Olivieri I. Comparative allozyme and microsatellite population structure in a narrow endemic plant species,Centaurea corymbosaPourret (Asteraceae). Mol Ecol 2001; 10:879-89. [PMID: 11348497 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2001.01249.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Centaurea corymbosa Pourret (Asteraceae) is a narrow endemic species known only from six populations located in a 3-km2 area in the south of France. Earlier field experiments have suggested that pollen and seed dispersal were highly restricted within and among populations. Consistent with the field results, populations were highly differentiated for five allozyme loci and among-population variation fitted an isolation-by-distance model. In the present study, we investigated the genetic structure of C. corymbosa using six microsatellite loci. As with allozymes, microsatellites revealed no within-population structure and a large differentiation among populations. However, allozyme loci were less powerful than microsatellites in detecting the extent of gene flow assessed by assignment tests. The patterns of structuration greatly varied among loci for both types of marker; we suggest that differences in single-locus pattern could mainly be an effect of stochastic variation for allozymes and an effect of variation in mutation rate for microsatellites. In contrast to the multilocus results, the two most polymorphic microsatellite loci did not show any isolation-by-distance pattern. Our results suggest that highly variable loci might not always be the best suited markers to quantify levels of gene flow among populations.
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- H Freville
- Université Montpellier 2, ISEM, CC065, F-34095 Montpellier cedex 05, France.
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