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自己受精植物における生殖保証の遺伝的コスト
Christopher R Herlihy1, Christopher G Eckert
1Department of Biology, Queens' University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Nature
|March 22, 2002
まとめ
自己受精は,Aquilegia canadensisの種子生産を促進しますが,この利点は,種子生存能力の低下と近親繁殖のうつ病によって否定され,生殖保証仮説に異議を唱えます.
科学分野:
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
- 植物の生殖生態学 植物の生殖生態学
- 人口遺伝学 人口遺伝学
背景:
- 自己受精への移行は,植物における共通の進化的傾向である.
- 繁殖の確実性 (交配者/受粉者が少ない場合,自己生産による種子生産の確実性) は,この傾向の主要な仮説です.
- しかし,セルフィングには,種子割引や近親繁殖の抑うつなどのコストがかかる可能性がありますが,これらは一緒に検討されることはめったではありません.
研究 の 目的:
- 自己受精のための生殖保証仮説を実験的にテストする.
- 繁殖保証,種子割引,および近親繁殖のうつ状態の相互作用を定量化するために.
- 自然集団における自己受精の純利益を評価する.
主な方法:
- 2年間にわたり,オンタリオ州の10のAquilegia canadensis.の集団でフィールド実験を実施しました.
- 自己受精率を定量化するためにマーカー遺伝子推定を用いた.
- 測定された種子割引 (アウトクロスされる可能性のある卵子) と子孫における近親交配のうつ状態.
主要な成果:
- 自己受精により種子生産が増加し,受粉者/配偶者の利用が少ない年に生殖の保証を提供した.
- しかし,この利点は,種子に対する大幅な割引によって大幅に相殺されました.
- 自己受精による子孫は,重度の近親繁殖のうつ状態を示し,その生存能力を低下させた.
結論:
- 自己受精は生殖の保証を提供しますが,種子割引と近親繁殖のうつ病に関連するコストは,その恩恵を否定することができます.
- 長期にわたる生殖保証仮説は,これらのコストを考慮すると,自己の進化を完全に説明できないかもしれません.
- Aquilegia canadensisは,自己主義のデメリットが自然集団の利点を上回るケーススタディを提供します.
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