Genetic diversity and reproductive biology in ecotypes of the facultative apomict Hypericum perforatum L.

Abstract:

:Apomixis is a mode of asexual reproduction through seed. Progeny produced by apomixis are clonal replicas of a mother plant. The essential feature of apomixis is that embryo sacs and embryos are produced in ovules without meiotic reduction or egg cell fertilisation. Thus, apomixis fixes successful gene combinations and propagates high fitness genotypes across generations. A more profound knowledge of the mechanisms that regulate reproductive events in plants would contribute fundamentally to understanding the evolution and genetic control of apomixis. Molecular markers were used to determine levels of genetic variation within and relationship among ecotypes of the facultative apomict Hypericum perforatum L. (2n = 4x = 32). All ecotypes were polyclonal, being not dominated by a single genotype, and characterised by different levels of differentiation among multilocus genotypes. Flow cytometric analysis of seeds indicated that all ecotypes were facultatively apomictic, with varying degrees of apomixis and sexuality. Seeds set by haploid parthenogenesis and/or by fertilisation of aposporic egg cells were detected in most populations. The occurrence of both dihaploids and hexaploids indicates that apospory and parthenogenesis may be developmentally uncoupled and supports two distinct genetic factors controlling apospory and parthenogenesis in this species. Cyto-embryological analysis showed that meiotic and aposporic processes do initiate within the same ovule: the aposporic initial often appeared evident at the time of megaspore mother cell differentiation. Our observations suggest that the egg cell exists in an active metabolic state before pollination, and that its parthenogenetic activation leading to embryo formation may occur before fertilisation and endosperm initiation.

journal_name

Heredity (Edinb)

journal_title

Heredity

authors

Barcaccia G,Arzenton F,Sharbel TF,Varotto S,Parrini P,Lucchin M

doi

10.1038/sj.hdy.6800808

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-04-01 00:00:00

pages

322-34

issue

4

eissn

0018-067X

issn

1365-2540

pii

6800808

journal_volume

96

pub_type

杂志文章

相关文献

HEREDITY文献大全
  • Stress and transposable elements: co-evolution or useful parasites?

    abstract::The activity of transposable elements can be induced by environmental and population factors and in particular by stresses in various organisms. A consequence of the increase in transposable element mobility is the creation of new genetic variability that can be useful in the face of stressful conditions. In this revi...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00751.x

    authors: Capy P,Gasperi G,Biémont C,Bazin C

    更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00

  • Candidate genes associated with color morphs of female-limited polymorphisms of the damselfly Ischnura senegalensis.

    abstract::Many Odonata species exhibit female-limited polymorphisms, where one morph is similar to the conspecific male in body color and other traits (andromorph), whereas one or more other morphs differ from the male (gynomorphs). Here we investigated the differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) among males and two female ...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41437-018-0076-z

    authors: Takahashi M,Takahashi Y,Kawata M

    更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00

  • Testing the consistency of connectivity patterns for a widely dispersing marine species.

    abstract::Connectivity is widely recognized as an important component in developing effective management and conservation strategies. Although managers are generally most interested in demographic, rather than genetic connectivity, new analytic approaches are able to provide estimates of both demographic and genetic connectivit...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.2013.58

    authors: Thomas L,Bell JJ

    更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00

  • Distribution of genomic regions differentiating oak species assessed by QTL detection.

    abstract::Pedunculate oak and sessile oak are two sympatric interfertile species that exhibit leaf morphological differences. We aimed to detect quantitative trait loci (QTLs) of these traits in order to locate genomic regions involved in species differentiation. A total of 15 leaf morphological traits were assessed in a mixed ...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800358

    authors: Saintagne C,Bodénès C,Barreneche T,Pot D,Plomion C,Kremer A

    更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00

  • Spruce colonization at treeline: where do those seeds come from?

    abstract::At treeline, selection by harsh environmental conditions sets an upward limit to arboreal vegetation. Increasing temperatures and the decline of traditional animal raising have favoured an upward shift of treeline in the last decades. These circumstances create a unique opportunity to study the balance of the main for...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.42

    authors: Piotti A,Leonardi S,Piovani P,Scalfi M,Menozzi P

    更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00

  • Short distance pollen dispersal and low genetic diversity in a subcanopy tropical rainforest tree, Fontainea picrosperma (Euphorbiaceae).

    abstract::Gene flow via pollen movement affects genetic variation in plant populations and is an important consideration in plant domestication. Fontainea picrosperma is a subcanopy rainforest tree that is of commercial interest because it is the source of tigilanol tiglate, a natural product used for the treatment of solid tum...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41437-019-0231-1

    authors: Grant EL,Conroy GC,Lamont RW,Reddell PW,Wallace HM,Ogbourne SM

    更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00

  • Fine-scale differentiation between sockeye salmon ecotypes and the effect of phenotype on straying.

    abstract::A long-standing goal of evolutionary biology is to understand the factors that drive population divergence, local adaptation and speciation. In particular, the effect of selection against dispersers on gene flow and local adaptation has attracted interest, although empirical data on phenotypic characters of dispersers...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.2008.59

    authors: Lin J,Quinn TP,Hilborn R,Hauser L

    更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00

  • Genetic variation in the vulnerable and endemic Monkey Puzzle tree, detected using RAPDs.

    abstract::Araucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle), a southern South American tree species of exceptional cultural and economic importance, is of conservation concern owing to extensive historical clearance and current human pressures. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to characterise genetic heterogeneity wit...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800033

    authors: Bekessy SA,Allnutt TR,Premoli AC,Lara A,Ennos RA,Burgman MA,Cortes M,Newton AC

    更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00

  • Genetic differentiation of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae across Nigeria suggests that selection limits gene flow.

    abstract::Gene flow was investigated in Anopheles gambiae from eight localities that span the ecological zones of Nigeria (arid savanna zones in the north gradually turn into humid forest zones in the south). Genetic differentiation was measured over 10 microsatellite loci and, to determine any effects of selection, five loci w...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00957.x

    authors: Onyabe DY,Conn JE

    更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00

  • A quasi-equilibrium theory of the distribution of rare alleles in a subdivided population.

    abstract::The conditional average frequency of rare alleles has been shown in simulations to provide a simple and robust estimator of the number of individuals exchanged between local populations in an island model (Nm). This statistic is defined as the average frequency of an allele in those samples in which the allele is pres...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.1986.63

    authors: Barton NH,Slatkin M

    更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00

  • The quantitative genetic basis of polyandry in the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia vitripennis.

    abstract::Understanding the evolution of female multiple mating (polyandry) is crucial for understanding sexual selection and sexual conflict. Despite this interest, little is known about its genetic basis or whether genetics influences the evolutionary origin or maintenance of polyandry. Here, we explore the quantitative genet...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800897

    authors: Shuker DM,Phillimore AJ,Burton-Chellew MN,Hodge SE,West SA

    更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00

  • Genetic rescue in interconnected populations of small and large size of the self-incompatible Ranunculus reptans.

    abstract::Small populations of our study species Ranunculus reptans have reduced fitness because of inbreeding, genetic load, and reduced mate availability; that is, they suffer from a three-fold genetic Allee effect. Here, we investigate how the effect of interpopulation outbreeding on offspring fitness depends on population s...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800732

    authors: Willi Y,Fischer M

    更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00

  • Recombination and clonal propagation in different populations of the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria.

    abstract::Propagation, dispersal, and establishment are fundamental population processes, and are critical stages in the life cycle of an organism. In symbiotic organisms such as lichens, consisting of a fungus and a population of photobionts, reproduction is a complex process. Although many lichens are able to reproduce both s...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800505

    authors: Walser JC,Gugerli F,Holderegger R,Kuonen D,Scheidegger C

    更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00

  • Importance of demographic history for phylogeographic inference on the arctic-alpine plant Phyllodoce caerulea in East Asia.

    abstract::Arctic-alpine plants have enormous ranges in the Northern Hemisphere. Phylogeographic studies have provided insights into their glacial survival as well as their postglacial colonization history. However, our understanding of the population dynamics of disjunct alpine populations in temperate regions remains limited. ...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.2015.95

    authors: Ikeda H,Sakaguchi S,Yakubov V,Barkalov V,Setoguchi H

    更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00

  • The alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphism in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster: restriction map variation in the region of the Adh locus in populations from two hemispheres.

    abstract::Restriction endonuclease variation in the 12 kb region surrounding the Adh locus was measured in seven Australian and six Chinese populations of Drosophila melanogaster. There is a higher level of nucleotide-substitution variation in the Australian populations than in the Chinese, which is possibly a reflection of the...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.1992.1

    authors: Jiang JC,Gibson JB

    更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00

  • Asymmetric introgression of African genes in honeybee populations (Apis mellifera L.) in Central Mexico.

    abstract::The Africanization of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) in South America is one of the most spectacular examples of biological invasions. In this study, we analyzed the Africanization process in Central Mexico along an altitudinal transect from 72 to 2800 m, using both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers. The mitochondr...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800988

    authors: Kraus FB,Franck P,Vandame R

    更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00

  • Evolution of the self-incompatibility system in the Brassicaceae: identification of S-locus receptor kinase (SRK) in self-incompatible Capsella grandiflora.

    abstract::Self-incompatibility (SI) has been well studied in the genera Brassica and Arabidopsis, which have become models for investigation into the SI system. To understand the evolution of the SI system in the Brassicaceae, comparative analyses of the S-locus in genera other than Brassica and Arabidopsis are necessary. We re...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800854

    authors: Paetsch M,Mayland-Quellhorst S,Neuffer B

    更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00

  • Sequence-tagged-site (STS) markers of arbitrary genes: the amount and nature of variation revealed in Norway spruce.

    abstract::We examined the amount and nature of variation revealed by cDNA-based sequence-tagged-site (STS) markers in Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) using 39 pairs of heterologous primers that were based upon arbitrary genes in black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.). A panel of 22 diverse Norway spruce genotypes w...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6885740

    authors: Perry DJ,Isabel N,Bousquet J

    更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00

  • Phylogeography of the iconic Australian red-tailed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) and implications for its conservation.

    abstract::Advances in sequencing technologies have revolutionized wildlife conservation genetics. Analysis of genomic data sets can provide high-resolution estimates of genetic structure, genetic diversity, gene flow, and evolutionary history. These data can be used to characterize conservation units and to effectively manage t...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41437-020-0315-y

    authors: Ewart KM,Lo N,Ogden R,Joseph L,Ho SYW,Frankham GJ,Eldridge MDB,Schodde R,Johnson RN

    更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00

  • Rapid, habitat-related evolution of land snail colour morphs on reclaimed land.

    abstract::I made use of the known dates of reclamation (and of afforestations) in the IJsselmeerpolders in The Netherlands to assess evolutionary adaptation in Cepaea nemoralis. At 12 localities (three in each polder), I sampled a total of 4390 adult individuals in paired open and shaded habitats, on average 233 m apart, and sc...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.2012.74

    authors: Schilthuizen M

    更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00

  • Population structure of the African savannah elephant inferred from mitochondrial control region sequences and nuclear microsatellite loci.

    abstract::Two hundred and thirty-six mitochondrial DNA nucleotide sequences were used in combination with polymorphism at four nuclear microsatellite loci to assess the amount and distribution of genetic variation within and between African savannah elephants. They were sampled from 11 localities in eastern, western and souther...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800110

    authors: Nyakaana S,Arctander P,Siegismund HR

    更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00

  • Genetic differences between the Chinese and European races of the common carp.I. Analysis of genotype-environment interactions for growth rate.

    abstract::Growth rate of 12 groups of common carp was measured at five experimental environments. Three of the 12 tested groups were strains of the domesticated European race of the common carp, one group was a representative of the Big-Belly Chinese race, and the remaining eight groups were F1 crossbreds among the European str...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.1975.42

    authors: Moav R,Hulata G,Wohlfarth G

    更新日期:1975-06-01 00:00:00

  • Neutral locus heterozygosity, inbreeding, and survival in Darwin's ground finches (Geospiza fortis and G. scandens).

    abstract::Comprehensive long-term studies of isolated populations provide valuable comparative data that may be used to evaluate different methods for quantifying the relationship between genetic diversity and fitness. Here, we report on data collected from large and well-characterized cohorts of the two numerically dominant sp...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800409

    authors: Markert JA,Grant PR,Grant BR,Keller LF,Coombs JL,Petren K

    更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00

  • Inheritance of thelytoky in the honey bee Apis mellifera capensis.

    abstract::Asexual reproduction via thelytokous parthenogenesis is widespread in the Hymenoptera, but its genetic underpinnings have been described only twice. In the wasp Lysiphlebus fabarum and the Cape honey bee Apis mellifera capensis the origin of thelytoky have each been traced to a single recessive locus. In the Cape hone...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.2014.127

    authors: Chapman NC,Beekman M,Allsopp MH,Rinderer TE,Lim J,Oxley PR,Oldroyd BP

    更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00

  • Androgenesis: a review through the study of the selfish shellfish Corbicula spp.

    abstract::Among the asexual reproductive modes, androgenesis is probably one of the most astonishing and least studied mechanisms. In this 'paternal monopolization', the maternal nuclear genome fails to participate in zygote development and offspring are paternal nuclear clones. Obligate androgenesis is known in only a few orga...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1038/hdy.2012.3

    authors: Pigneur LM,Hedtke SM,Etoundi E,Van Doninck K

    更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00

  • Amount and structure of intra- and interspecific genetic variation in the moss genus Polytrichum.

    abstract::Allozyme electrophoresis was used to determine amount and structure of genetic variation within and between five congeneric haploid moss species: Polytrichum formosum, P. commune, P. uliginosum, P. piliferum and P. juniperinum. For the different species, gene diversity within populations (HS) ranged from very low (0.0...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00762.x

    authors: Van Der Velde M,Bijlsma R

    更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00

  • Spatio-temporal patterns of genetic variation in Arbacia lixula, a thermophilous sea urchin in expansion in the Mediterranean.

    abstract::The genetic structure of 13 populations of the amphiatlantic sea urchin Arbacia lixula, as well as temporal genetic changes in three of these localities, were assessed using ten hypervariable microsatellite loci. This thermophilous sea urchin is an important engineer species triggering the formation of barren grounds ...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41437-018-0098-6

    authors: Pérez-Portela R,Wangensteen OS,Garcia-Cisneros A,Valero-Jiménez C,Palacín C,Turon X

    更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00

  • Selection at the MHC class IIB locus across guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations.

    abstract::The highly diverse genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are important in the adaptive immune system and are expected to be under selection from pathogens. Thus, the MHC genes provide an exceptional opportunity to investigate patterns of selection within and across populations. In this study, we analyzed...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.99

    authors: Fraser BA,Ramnarine IW,Neff BD

    更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00

  • Modelling the co-evolution of indirect genetic effects and inherited variability.

    abstract::When individuals interact, their phenotypes may be affected not only by their own genes but also by genes in their social partners. This phenomenon is known as Indirect Genetic Effects (IGEs). In aquaculture species and some plants, however, competition not only affects trait levels of individuals, but also inflates v...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41437-018-0068-z

    authors: Marjanovic J,Mulder HA,Rönnegård L,Bijma P

    更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00

  • A steep cline in ladybird melanism has decayed over 25 years: a genetic response to climate change?

    abstract::A cline in the frequency of melanic morphs of the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata, was first surveyed in 1980 along a transect extending inland from the coast in the Netherlands. At that time, the frequency of melanics increased over some 40 km from 10% near the coast to nearly 60% inland. Additional surveys made...

    journal_title:Heredity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/hdy.2011.49

    authors: Brakefield PM,de Jong PW

    更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00