MIKULÁŠKOVÁ, Eva, Michal HÁJEK, Adam VELEBA, Matthew G. JOHNSON, Tomáš HÁJEK and Jonathan A. SHAW. Local adaptations in bryophytes revisited: the genetic structure of the calcium-tolerant peatmoss Sphagnum warnstorfii along geographic and pH gradients. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015, vol. 5, No 1, p. 229-242. ISSN 2045-7758. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1351.
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Original name Local adaptations in bryophytes revisited: the genetic structure of the calcium-tolerant peatmoss Sphagnum warnstorfii along geographic and pH gradients
Authors MIKULÁŠKOVÁ, Eva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Adam VELEBA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Matthew G. JOHNSON (840 United States of America), Tomáš HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic) and Jonathan A. SHAW (840 United States of America).
Edition ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, HOBOKEN, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015, 2045-7758.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 2.537
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/15:00080844
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1351
UT WoS 000347517300022
Keywords in English Calcium tolerance; ecotypic adaptation; hybridization; microsatellites; population structure; Sphagnum warnstorfii
Tags AKR, bryophytes, microsatellites, population structure, rivok, sphagnum, wetlands
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: prof. Mgr. Michal Hájek, Ph.D., učo 16868. Changed: 16/2/2018 15:03.
Abstract
Bryophytes dominate some ecosystems despite their extraordinary sensitivity to habitat quality. Nevertheless, some species behave differently across various regions. The existence of local adaptations is questioned by a high dispersal ability, which is thought to redistribute genetic variability among populations. Although Sphagnum warnstorfii is an important ecosystem engineer in fen peatlands, the causes of its rather wide niche along the pH/calcium gradient are poorly understood. Here, we studied the genetic variability of its global populations, with a detailed focus on the wide pH/calcium gradient in Central Europe. Principal coordinates analysis of 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci revealed a significant gradient coinciding with water pH, but independent of geography; even samples from the same fens were clearly separated along this gradient. However, most of the genetic variations remained unexplained, possibly because of the introgression from phylogenetically allied species. This explanation is supported by the small heterogeneous cluster of samples that appeared when populations morphologically transitional to S.subnites, S.rubellum, or S.russowii were included into the analysis. Alternatively, this unexplained variation might be attributed to a legacy of glacial refugia with recently dissolved ecological and biogeographic consequences. Isolation by distance appeared at the smallest scale only (up to 43km). Negative spatial correlations occurred more frequently, mainly at long distances (up to 950km), implying a genetic similarity among samples which are very distant geographically. Our results confirm the high dispersal ability of peatmosses, but simultaneously suggested that their ability to cope with a high pH/calcium level is at least partially determined genetically, perhaps via specific physiological mechanisms or a hummock-forming ability.
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GAP505/10/0638, research and development projectName: Kalcitolerance rašeliníků, její fyziologické a genetické pozadí a konsekvence v ekologii rašelinišť
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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