Halacsya and Paramoltkia are two monotypic genera of the Balkan ultramafic outcrops, both classified as paleoendemics. They show close phylogenetic relationship, similar ecology and partially sympatric range, but contrasting life-history traits, patterns of distribution and chromosomal features. We performed a study to compare their infraspecific genetic structure using AFLP fingerprinting. Within-population heterozygosity (HS) and total heterozygosity (HT) were lower in diploid H. sendtneri than in polyploid P. doerfleri (0.121 and 0.142 vs. 0.165 and 0.178, respectively). Number of polymorphic loci was also higher in the latter species. Halacsya showed significant levels of among-population variation (14.5%) and population differentiation (FST = 0.145), as well as a structuring in four main geographic groups connected by low gene flow. Combined with inability for long-distance dispersal, these data suggest that present-day range fragmentation in this species is the result of historical losses of intervening populations and support its status of paleoendemic surviving in refugial serpentine “islands”. Populations of P. doerfleri were instead genetically very close (FST = 0.049), and variation was partitioned almost exclusively among individuals (95.1%). Lack of population groupings and higher levels of gene flow suggested a single, panmictic group, fitting more a metapopulation than a “classical” paleoendemic model.

Low genetic diversity and contrasting patterns of differentiation in the two monotypic genera Halacsya and Paramoltkia (Boraginaceae) endemic to the Balkan serpentines / A. Coppi; L. Cecchi; A. Mengoni; F. Pustahija; G. Tomović; F. Selvi. - In: FLORA. - ISSN 0367-2530. - STAMPA. - 209:(2014), pp. 5-14. [10.1016/j.flora.2013.11.002]

Low genetic diversity and contrasting patterns of differentiation in the two monotypic genera Halacsya and Paramoltkia (Boraginaceae) endemic to the Balkan serpentines

COPPI, ANDREA;CECCHI, LORENZO;MENGONI, ALESSIO;SELVI, FEDERICO
2014

Abstract

Halacsya and Paramoltkia are two monotypic genera of the Balkan ultramafic outcrops, both classified as paleoendemics. They show close phylogenetic relationship, similar ecology and partially sympatric range, but contrasting life-history traits, patterns of distribution and chromosomal features. We performed a study to compare their infraspecific genetic structure using AFLP fingerprinting. Within-population heterozygosity (HS) and total heterozygosity (HT) were lower in diploid H. sendtneri than in polyploid P. doerfleri (0.121 and 0.142 vs. 0.165 and 0.178, respectively). Number of polymorphic loci was also higher in the latter species. Halacsya showed significant levels of among-population variation (14.5%) and population differentiation (FST = 0.145), as well as a structuring in four main geographic groups connected by low gene flow. Combined with inability for long-distance dispersal, these data suggest that present-day range fragmentation in this species is the result of historical losses of intervening populations and support its status of paleoendemic surviving in refugial serpentine “islands”. Populations of P. doerfleri were instead genetically very close (FST = 0.049), and variation was partitioned almost exclusively among individuals (95.1%). Lack of population groupings and higher levels of gene flow suggested a single, panmictic group, fitting more a metapopulation than a “classical” paleoendemic model.
2014
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14
A. Coppi; L. Cecchi; A. Mengoni; F. Pustahija; G. Tomović; F. Selvi
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