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Modeling gynodioecy: novel scenarios for maintaining polymorphism.

Maia F Bailey1, Lynda F Delph, Curtis M Lively

  • 1Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA. maia.bailey@vanderbilt.edu

The American Naturalist
|July 15, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Nuclear-cytoplasmic gynodioecy relies on maintaining genetic diversity. This study models how fitness costs associated with nuclear restorers can stabilize this plant breeding system, influencing population sex ratios.

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Area of Science:

  • Plant breeding systems
  • Evolutionary genetics
  • Population biology

Background:

  • Nuclear-cytoplasmic gynodioecy involves co-occurring female and hermaphroditic plants.
  • This system requires persistent genetic variation at cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and nuclear restorer loci.
  • Previous models of gynodioecy relied on specific assumptions, necessitating updated theoretical frameworks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of negative pleiotropic fitness effects (costs of restoration) in maintaining nuclear-cytoplasmic gynodioecy.
  • To model populations with two CMS types and distinct nuclear restorer loci for each CMS type.
  • To explore how different types of fitness costs influence the stability of this breeding system.

Main Methods:

  • Development of theoretical models incorporating genetic and population assumptions based on recent literature.

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  • Modeling populations with two CMS types and separate nuclear restorer loci.
  • Analysis of fitness costs (seed, pollen, survivorship) and their dependence on cytoplasmic background.

    • Main Results:

    • Overdominance for fitness and frequency-dependent selection at nuclear-restorer loci can support nuclear-cytoplasmic gynodioecy.
    • Costs of restoration can be either dependent or independent of the cytoplasmic background.
    • Seed fitness costs are more susceptible to CMS fixation than pollen costs; survivorship costs effectively maintain polymorphism.

    Conclusions:

    • The stability of nuclear-cytoplasmic gynodioecy is influenced by the nature and magnitude of nuclear restorer fitness costs.
    • Different types of costs have varying impacts on polymorphism maintenance and CMS fixation.
    • The models provide insights into the stability of gynodioecy and predicted population sex ratios in natural populations.