Polyploid goldback and silverback ferns (Pentagramma) occupy a wider, colder, and wetter bioclimatic niche than diploid counterparts.

Autor: Wefferling KM; Department of Biology, Gary A. Fewless Herbarium, Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, 54311, Wisconsin, USA., Castro M; Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal., Castro S; Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal., Holmlund H; Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu, 90263, California, USA., Loureiro J; Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal., Rothfels CJ; Department of Biology, Ecology Center, and Intermountain Herbarium, Utah State University, Logan, 84322, Utah, USA., Schuettpelz E; Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 20560, DC, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of botany [Am J Bot] 2024 Mar; Vol. 111 (3), pp. e16305. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 22.
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16305
Abstrakt: Premise: The western North American fern genus Pentagramma (Pteridaceae) is characterized by complex patterns of ploidy variation, an understanding of which is critical to comprehending both the evolutionary processes within the genus and its current diversity.
Methods: We undertook a cytogeographic study across the range of the genus, using a combination of chromosome counts and flow cytometry to infer ploidy level. Bioclimatic variables and elevation were used to compare niches.
Results: We found that diploids and tetraploids are common and widespread, and triploids are rare and sporadic; in contrast with genome size inferences in earlier studies, no hexaploids were found. Diploids and tetraploids show different geographic ranges: only tetraploids were found in the northernmost portion of the range (Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia) and only diploids were found in the Sierra Nevada of California. Diploid, triploid, and tetraploid cytotypes were found to co-occur in relatively few localities: in the southern (San Diego County, California) and desert Southwest (Arizona) parts of the range, and along the Pacific Coast of California.
Conclusions: Tetraploids occupy a wider bioclimatic niche than diploids both within P. triangularis and at the genus-wide scale. It is unknown whether the wider niche of tetraploids is due to their expansion upon the diploid niche, if diploids have contracted their niche due to competition or changing abiotic conditions, or if this wider niche occupancy is due to multiple origins of tetraploids.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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