Adil GÜNER, Vehbi ESER - optima
Adil GÜNER, Vehbi ESER - optima
Adil GÜNER, Vehbi ESER - optima
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CONSEQUENCES OF NATURAL HYBRIDIZATION IN<br />
GEOPHYTES: DISENTANGLING THE ORIGIN OF ORPHAN<br />
HYBRID POPULATIONS IN NARCISSUS<br />
Isabel MARQUES 1,2 ; Gonzalo Nieto FELINER 2 ; David DRAPER 3 ; Amélia Martins-<br />
LOUÇÃO 1 and Javier Fuertes AGUILAR 2<br />
1 Universidade de Lisboa. Museu Nacional de História Natural. Jardim Botânico. Rua da Escola Politécnica 58.<br />
1280-102 Lisboa. Portugal.; icmarques@fc.ul.pt<br />
2 Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC. Plaza de Murillo, 2. 28014 Madrid. Spain.<br />
3 Dpto. Biologia Vegetal. E.T.S. Ingenieros Agrónomos. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Av. Complutense s/n<br />
28040 Madrid. Spain.<br />
Different factors determine the evolutionary fate of hybridization events. Ploidy changes, spatial<br />
dynamics of hybridizing processes (e.g., hybrid zone), degree of internal reproductive barriers,<br />
viability of F1 hybrids, the availability of new or intermediate niches to colonize, the<br />
phylogenetic proximity of hybridizing species and the fitness of hybrid lineages are among the<br />
most important. In the case of geophyte species, an additional factor is its ability to propagate<br />
clonally so that even low fertility hybrids can persist for years. In this work, the complex nature<br />
of the Iberian natural hybrid Narcissus ×perezlarae is clarified. Four organellar and one nuclear<br />
sequence markers reveal that it actually consists of two different hybrid taxa, Narcissus<br />
×perezlarae (N. cavanillesii × N. miniatus) and N. ×alentejanus (N. cavanillesii × N. serotinus),<br />
the mother species being predominantly N. cavanillesii. This framework is also supported by<br />
cytogenetic information, genome size and artificial crosses. Throughout their ranges, dissimilar<br />
situations are found across populations from this polytopic hybrid complex: sympatric<br />
populations without hybrids, sympatric populations where hybrids occur, and populations where<br />
hybrids occur but their parents are lacking (‘orphan hybrid populations’). We provide evidence<br />
based on ecological niche modeling and molecular evidence supporting that the most likely cause<br />
for this pattern is extirpation of N. cavanillesii via demographic swamping and competition.<br />
Keywords:Parental extirpation, niche competition, cpDNA, mtDNA, ITS, niche<br />
modeling.<br />
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