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@article{2254832, author = {Elliott, Tammy L and Muasya, A. Muthama and Bureš, Petr}, article_location = {Oxford}, article_number = {1}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac027}, keywords = {Aneuploidy; Cape Floristic Region; chromosome fission; chromosome fusion; climate; Cyperaceae; genome size; holocentric chromosomes; polyploidy; Schoeneae; Schoenus; soil chemistry}, language = {eng}, issn = {0305-7364}, journal = {Annals of Botany}, title = {Complex patterns of ploidy in a holocentric plant clade (Schoenus, Cyperaceae) in the Cape biodiversity hotspot}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac027}, volume = {131}, year = {2023} }
TY - JOUR ID - 2254832 AU - Elliott, Tammy L - Muasya, A. Muthama - Bureš, Petr PY - 2023 TI - Complex patterns of ploidy in a holocentric plant clade (Schoenus, Cyperaceae) in the Cape biodiversity hotspot JF - Annals of Botany VL - 131 IS - 1 SP - 143-156 EP - 143-156 PB - Oxford University Press SN - 03057364 KW - Aneuploidy KW - Cape Floristic Region KW - chromosome fission KW - chromosome fusion KW - climate KW - Cyperaceae KW - genome size KW - holocentric chromosomes KW - polyploidy KW - Schoeneae KW - Schoenus KW - soil chemistry UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac027 N2 - Background and Aims It is unclear how widespread polyploidy is throughout the largest holocentric plant family - the Cyperaceae. Because of the prevalence of chromosomal fusions and fissions, which affect chromosome number but not genome size, it can be impossible to distinguish if individual plants are polyploids in holocentric lineages based on chromosome count data alone. Furthermore, it is unclear how differences in genome size and ploidy levels relate to environmental correlates within holocentric lineages, such as the Cyperaceae. Methods We focus our analyses on tribe Schoeneae, and more specifically the southern African clade of Schoenus. We examine broad-scale patterns of genome size evolution in tribe Schoeneae and focus more intensely on determining the prevalence of polyploidy across the southern African Schoenus by inferring ploidy level with the program ChromEvol, as well as interpreting chromosome number and genome size data. We further investigate whether there are relationships between genome size/ploidy level and environmental variables across the nutrient-poor and summer-arid Cape biodiversity hotspot. Key Results Our results show a large increase in genome size, but not chromosome number, within Schoenus compared to other species in tribe Schoeneae. Across Schoenus, there is a positive relationship between chromosome number and genome size, and our results suggest that polyploidy is a relatively common process throughout the southern African Schoenus. At the regional scale of the Cape, we show that polyploids are more often associated with drier locations that have more variation in precipitation between dry and wet months, but these results are sensitive to the classification of ploidy level. Conclusions Polyploidy is relatively common in the southern African Schoenus, where a positive relationship is observed between chromosome number and genome size. Thus, there may be a high incidence of polyploidy in holocentric plants, whose cell division properties differ from monocentrics. ER -
ELLIOTT, Tammy L, A. Muthama MUASYA and Petr BUREŠ. Complex patterns of ploidy in a holocentric plant clade (Schoenus, Cyperaceae) in the Cape biodiversity hotspot. \textit{Annals of Botany}. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, vol.~131, No~1, p.~143-156. ISSN~0305-7364. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac027.
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