The evolution of self-compatibility in geographically peripheral populations of Leavenworthia alabamica (Brassicaceae).

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  • Jeremiah W Busch
چکیده

Self-compatibility and adaptations to self-fertilization are often found in plant populations at the periphery of species' ranges or on islands. Self-compatibility may predominate in these environments because it provides reproductive assurance when pollinators or availability of mates limits seed production. This possibility was studied in Leavenworthia alabamica, a flowering plant endemic to the southeastern United States. Populations at the center of the species' range retain sporophytic self-incompatibility, but peripheral populations are smaller, self-compatible, and have adaptations for self-fertilization. A reciprocal-transplant experiment was designed to test whether there is pollen limitation of seed set and to examine its strength in central and peripheral populations. Self-compatible genotypes produced more fruit and 17-22% more seed than self-incompatible genotypes in all environments, suggesting that the transition to self-compatibility may be favored by natural selection in all populations inhabited by L. alabamica. Sequence analyses demonstrated that two peripheral populations have 90-100% reductions in genetic variation, consistent with the effects of small population size or historical bottlenecks. Although pollen limitation of seed set occurs in all environments, self-compatibility may evolve at the periphery in L. alabamica because the benefits of reproductive assurance are influenced by population size or bottlenecks following extinction and colonization.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • American journal of botany

دوره 92 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005