花の色の場所でのアレル置換は,猿の花の受粉者シフトを生成する
H D Bradshaw1, Douglas W Schemske
1Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. toby@u.washington.edu
Nature
|November 14, 2003
まとめ
主要な突然変異は,急速な適応的進化を促すことができる. 単一の遺伝子変異は,野生の猿の花の花の色を大幅に変化させ,受粉者の魅力を劇的に変化させ,進化における大きな遺伝子変化の力を実証しました.
科学分野:
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- 植物科学 植物科学について
背景:
- 適応進化における主要な突然変異の役割は,長年にわたる議論である.
- 古典的見解は,多数の小効果変異を好み,より大きな影響を示唆する最近の理論とは対照的です.
研究 の 目的:
- 野生植物における適応変異の大きさを経験的に推定する.
- YELLOW UPPER (YUP) ローカスにおける代替アルレルの適応的価値を調査する.
主な方法:
- 交代されたYUPアレルを持つミミュルス・レヴィシー (Mimulus lewisii) とミミュルス・カルディナリス (Mimulus cardinalis) のほぼ同位体系 (NIL) の繁殖.
- フィールド研究で花の色変異フェノタイプへの受粉者訪問率を観察する.
主要な成果:
- M. cardinalisのM. lewisii YUP (ピンクの花) のアレルを持つNILは,ミツバチの訪問が74倍も多かった.
- M. cardinalis yup アレル (黄色-オレンジ色の花) を有するM. lewisii NILは,ハミングバードの訪問を68倍多く受けました.
結論:
- 単一の大きな突然変異は,受粉者の好みを大幅に変化させることができます.
- このような突然変異は,植物集団の適応的シフトを開始し,古典的な進化論に挑戦することができます.
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