Ecological factors influencing tetraploid, establishment in snow buttercups (Ranunculus adoneus, Ranunculaceae):: minority cytotype exclusion and barriers to triploid formation

被引:73
作者
Baack, EJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Ctr Populat Biol, Davis, CA 95616 USA
关键词
flow cytometry; hybridization; reproductive isolation; pollination; polyploid speciation; Ranunculus;
D O I
10.3732/ajb.92.11.1827
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Polyploid speciation is an ongoing, important source of angiosperm diversity. However, the barriers to polyploid speciation and mechanisms of establishment remain poorly understood for all but a few species. Several factors likely to have influenced tetraploid establishment, including barriers to triploid formation, consequences of mixed-ploidy pollen loads, and the reproductive success of the minority cytotype, were examined in snow buttercups (Ranunculus adoneus) through a series of pollination and transplant experiments. Tetraploid snow buttercups do not have stigmatic barriers to pollen from diploid plants, nor does pollen from tetraploid plants have an advantage over pollen from diploids when on tetraploid stigmas. Tetraploid plants transplanted into a diploid population produced 50% fewer seeds than tetraploid plants in a tetraploid population. Intrinsic barriers to triploid formation were relatively weak, but few triploid seeds formed when mixed-ploidy pollen was present. Fecundity of triploid plants was very low, and no tetraploid offspring resulted. These results indicate that in snow buttercups, a triploid plant will contribute 0.8% of the tetraploid seeds of a minority tetraploid plant making it a minor contributor to the demographics of tetraploid establishment. The reproductive costs facing minority cytotype plants may explain the previously observed spatial segregation in snow buttercups.
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页码:1827 / 1835
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