Local adaptations in bryophytes revisited: the genetic
structure of the calcium-tolerant peatmoss Sphagnum warnstorfii
along geographic and pH gradients

J 2015

Local adaptations in bryophytes revisited: the genetic structure of the calcium-tolerant peatmoss Sphagnum warnstorfii along geographic and pH gradients

MIKULÁŠKOVÁ, Eva, Michal HÁJEK, Adam VELEBA, Matthew G. JOHNSON, Tomáš HÁJEK et. al.

Basic information

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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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

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

GAP505/10/0638, research and development project

Name: Kalcitolerance rašeliníků, její fyziologické a genetické pozadí a konsekvence v ekologii rašelinišť

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

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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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. \textit{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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