Molecular confirmation of natural hybridization between Lumnitzera racemosa and Lumnitzera littorea
Molecular confirmation of natural hybridization between Lumnitzera racemosa and Lumnitzera littorea
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Lumnitzera racemosa 和 Lumnitzera littorea 自然杂交的分子证实
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.03.001
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发表时间:
2011-07-01
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1.8
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Shi, Suhua
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作者:
Guo, Miaomiao;Zhou, Renchao;Shi, Suhua
The hypothesis of natural hybridization between Lumnitzera racemosa and Lumnitzera littorea, two mangrove species distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region, was proposed in 1970s based on morphological traits; however, no molecular evidence has been reported to support it. In this study, we sequenced two low-copy nuclear genes and one chloroplast intergenic spacer (trnS-trnG) in the two Lumnitzera species and their putative hybrid to test this hypothesis. Our results revealed that there were 9 and 27 nucleotide substitutions at the two nuclear loci, respectively, between one haplotype of L. racemosa and L littorea, and that the putative hybrid showed additivity in chromatograms at these sites. Sequencing the chloroplast intergenic region trnS-trnG showed that the two Lumnitzera species differed by seven fixed nucleotide substitutions and four fixed insertions/deletions in this region, while the putative hybrid had identical sequences to L. racemosa. Molecular data clearly demonstrated that there indeed existed natural hybridization between L. racemosa and L littorea and that L. racemosa was the maternal parent in this hybridization event. The uncommon direction of hybridization and F-1 nature of hybrids in this case, and in mangroves in general, is discussed. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.