Evolution of phenotypic disparity in the plant kingdom.

Autor: Clark JW; Bristol Palaeobiology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. james.clark@bristol.ac.uk.; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. james.clark@bristol.ac.uk.; Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, UK. james.clark@bristol.ac.uk., Hetherington AJ; Bristol Palaeobiology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. sandy.hetherington@ed.ac.uk.; Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. sandy.hetherington@ed.ac.uk., Morris JL; Bristol Palaeobiology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK., Pressel S; The Natural History Museum, London, UK., Duckett JG; The Natural History Museum, London, UK., Puttick MN; Bristol Palaeobiology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.; Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, UK., Schneider H; Bristol Palaeobiology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.; The Natural History Museum, London, UK.; Center of Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China., Kenrick P; The Natural History Museum, London, UK., Wellman CH; School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK., Donoghue PCJ; Bristol Palaeobiology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. phil.donoghue@bristol.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature plants [Nat Plants] 2023 Oct; Vol. 9 (10), pp. 1618-1626. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 04.
DOI: 10.1038/s41477-023-01513-x
Abstrakt: The plant kingdom exhibits diverse bodyplans, from single-celled algae to complex multicellular land plants, but it is unclear how this phenotypic disparity was achieved. Here we show that the living divisions comprise discrete clusters within morphospace, separated largely by reproductive innovations, the extinction of evolutionary intermediates and lineage-specific evolution. Phenotypic complexity correlates not with disparity but with ploidy history, reflecting the role of genome duplication in plant macroevolution. Overall, the plant kingdom exhibits a pattern of episodically increasing disparity throughout its evolutionary history that mirrors the evolutionary floras and reflects ecological expansion facilitated by reproductive innovations. This pattern also parallels that seen in the animal and fungal kingdoms, suggesting a general pattern for the evolution of multicellular bodyplans.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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