Adaptive radiation and genetic differentiation in the woodySonchus alliance (Asteraceae:Sonchinae) in the Canary Islands
Adaptive radiation and genetic differentiation in the woodySonchus alliance (Asteraceae:Sonchinae) in the Canary Islands
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加那利群岛木本Sonchus联盟(菊科:Sonchinae)的适应性辐射和遗传分化
DOI:
10.1007/bf00984650
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
A. Santos‐Guerra
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作者:
Seung‐Chul Kim;D. Crawford;J. Francisco‐Ortega;A. Santos‐Guerra
The woodySonchusalliance consists of 19 species ofSonchussubg.Dendrosonchus, one species ofSonchussubg.Sonchusand species of five genera (i.e.Babcockia, Sventenia, Taeckholmia, Lactucosonchus, Prenanthes), and is restricted primarily to the archipelago of the Canaries in the Macaronesian phytogeographical region. An enzyme electrophoretic study, including 13 loci, was conducted to assess genetic diversity within and divergence among species of the alliance. Nei's genetic identities (distances) between genera and/or subgenera range from 0.490 (0.714) to 0.980 (0.013), and pairwise comparisons of all populations show relatively high genetic identities, with a mean of 0.804. The high identities further support the genetic cohesiveness of the alliance and its single origin on the Macaronesian islands. Species in the alliance also show about 50%; higher total genetic diversity (HT) than the mean for other oceanic endemics. There is greater divergence between endemics or species on older islands compared to those on younger islands, which suggests that time is a factor for divergence at allozyme loci. Furthermore, populations on older islands have higher total genetic diversities and lower identities than conspecific populations on younger islands. These results imply early colonization, radiation, and divergence of the woodySonchusalliance on older islands followed by subsequent colonization to younger islands. The taxonomic distribution of alleles in the alliance indicates lineage sorting also played a role in divergence among species. Lineage sorting may also produce nonconcordance with either taxonomic designation or the pattern of variation obtained from other molecular markers such as ITS sequences of nrDNA. Timing for the origin and radiation of the alliance agrees with the estimate based on ITS sequences, and suggests that the early divergence and rapid radiation took place during the Late Tertiary on either Gran Canaria or Tenerife.