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

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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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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:111

Enthalten in:

American journal of botany - 111(2024), 3 vom: 18. März, Seite e16305

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wefferling, Keir M [VerfasserIn]
Castro, Mariana [VerfasserIn]
Castro, Sílvia [VerfasserIn]
Holmlund, Helen [VerfasserIn]
Loureiro, João [VerfasserIn]
Rothfels, Carl J [VerfasserIn]
Schuettpelz, Eric [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biogeography
Cytology
Ferns
Flow cytometry
Genome size
Journal Article
Niche breadth
Niche evolution
Polyploidy
Pteridaceae

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Date Completed 28.03.2024

Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ajb2.16305

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370067746