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Disentangling the effects of isolation-by-distance and isolation-by-environment on genetic differentiation among Rhododendron lineages in the subgenus Tsutsusi
- Source :
- Tree Genetics & Genomes. 12
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- Ecological speciation has long been noted as a central topic in the field of evolutionary biology, and investigation into the relative importance of ecological and geographical factors is becoming increasingly emphasized. We surveyed genetic variation of 277 samples from 25 populations of nine Rhododendron species within Tsutsusi subgenus in Taiwan using simple sequence repeats of expressed sequence tags. Bayesian clustering revealed four genetic lineages: (1) the Rhododendron simsii, Rhododendron kanehirai, and Rhododendron nakaharae lineage (lineage 1); (2) the Rhododendron longiperulatum, Rhododendron breviperulatum, and Rhododendron noriakianum lineage (lineage 2); (3) the Rhododendron rubropilosum lineage (lineage 3); and (4) the Rhododendron oldhamii lineage (lineage 4). Asymmetric introgressions were found from lineage 3 into lineages 1 and 2 (introgressed lineages). Genetic admixture of non-R. oldhamii species was also revealed by a neighbor-joining tree. Variation partitioning showed that environment explained much larger portions of genetic variation than geography between non-introgressed lineages (i.e., between R. oldhamii and other lineages). However, the Mantel and partial Mantel tests and the multiple matrix regression with randomization found that isolation-by-distance played a more important role than isolation-by-environment (IBE) in contributing to genetic variation in most between lineage comparisons. Nevertheless, strong IBE was found when compared between non-introgressed lineages of R. oldhamii and R. rubropilosum, suggesting post-speciation ecological divergence. Several environmental variables, including annual mean temperature, aspect, isothermality, seasonal precipitation, slope, and soil pH, could be important ecological drivers involved in reproductive isolation between R. oldhamii and non-R. oldhamii species within the Tsutsusi subgenus.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Lineage (evolution)
Genetic admixture
Forestry
Horticulture
Biology
biology.organism_classification
Ecological speciation
Rhododendron kanehirai
03 medical and health sciences
030104 developmental biology
Evolutionary biology
Botany
Genetic variation
Genetics
Subgenus
Molecular Biology
Rhododendron simsii
Isolation by distance
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Details
- ISSN :
- 16142950 and 16142942
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Tree Genetics & Genomes
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........77c5a8fcc6cbdb1c6c2ac710ce9d5d98