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Cytogenetic and molecular evidence suggest multiple origins and geographical parthenogenesis in Nothoscordum gracile (Alliaceae).

AbstractBACKGROUND AND AIMS:
Nothoscordum gracile is an apomitic tetraploid widely distributed throughout the Americas and naturalized in many temperate regions of other continents. It has been suggested to form a species complex with sexual and apomictic N. nudicaule and N. macrostemon. Tetraploids of these species also share a structurally heterozygous chromosome complement 2n = 19 (13M + 6A). In this work, the origin of N. gracile and its relationships with its related species was investigated based on cytological and molecular data.
METHODS:
Cytogenetic analyses were based on meiotic behaviour, CMA bands, localization of 5S and 45S rDNA sites, and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). Nuclear ITS and plastidial trnL-trnF sequences were also obtained for most individuals.
KEY RESULTS:
Proximal CMA bands were observed in the long arms of all acrocentrics of 2x and 4x N. macrostemon but not in diploid and some tetraploid cytotypes of N. nudicaule. Samples of N. gracile showed a variable number of CMA bands in the long arms of acrocentrics. Analysis of ITS sequences, dot-blot, GISH, and 5S and 45S rDNA sites, revealed no differentiation among the three species. The trnL-trnF cpDNA fragment showed variation with a trend to geographical structuring irrespective of morphospecies and fully congruent with karyotype variation.
CONCLUSIONS:
The 2n = 19 karyotype was probably formed by a centric fusion event occurring in N. nudicaule and later transmitted to tetraploid cytotypes of N. macrostemon. Diploids of N. nudicaule and N. macrostemon appeared as consistent recently diverged species, whereas tetraploid apomicts seem to constitute an assemblage of polyploid hybrids originating from multiple independent hybridization events between them, part of which are morphologically recognizable as N. gracile.
AuthorsLuiz Gustavo Rodrigues Souza, Orfeo Crosa, Pablo Speranza, Marcelo Guerra
JournalAnnals of botany (Ann Bot) Vol. 109 Issue 5 Pg. 987-99 (Apr 2012) ISSN: 1095-8290 [Electronic] England
PMID22362660 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • DNA, Plant
  • DNA, Ribosomal
Topics
  • Allium (genetics)
  • Base Sequence
  • Biological Evolution
  • Chromosomes, Plant (genetics)
  • Cytogenetic Analysis
  • DNA, Plant (genetics)
  • DNA, Ribosomal (genetics)
  • Geography
  • Haplotypes
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Inflorescence (genetics)
  • Karyotype
  • Meiosis (genetics)
  • Meristem (genetics)
  • Mitosis (genetics)
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Parthenogenesis (genetics)
  • Ploidies
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

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