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在自受精植物中,生殖保证的遗传成本
Christopher R Herlihy1, Christopher G Eckert
1Department of Biology, Queens' University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Nature
|March 22, 2002
概括
自我受精促进了Aquilegia canadensis的种子生产,但这种益处被减少的种子活力和内生殖抑郁所否定,挑战了生殖保证假设.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 植物生殖生态学 植物生殖生态学
- 人口遗传学 人口遗传学
背景情况:
- 过渡到自我受精是植物的一个常见的进化趋势.
- 生殖保证 (当伴侣/授粉者稀缺时,通过自食保证种子生产) 是这一趋势的主要假设.
- 然而,自给自足可能会带来诸如种子折扣和近亲繁殖抑郁等成本,这些成本很少一起被检查.
研究的目的:
- 实验测试自我受精的生殖保证假设.
- 量化生殖保证,种子折扣和近亲繁殖抑郁之间的相互作用.
- 评估自然种群中自我受精的净益.
主要方法:
- 在安大略省十个Aquilegia canadensis种群中进行了两年的实地实验.
- 使用标记基因估计量化自我受精率.
- 测量了种子折扣 (可能被超越的卵子) 和后代的同胞繁殖抑郁症.
主要成果:
- 自受精增加了种子生产,在授粉者/伴侣可用性较低的年份提供了繁殖保证.
- 然而,这种好处被大量的种子折扣所抵消.
- 自我受精后的后代表现出严重的亲生繁殖抑郁症,降低了他们的生存能力.
结论:
- 虽然自我受精提供了繁殖保证,但种子折扣和亲生繁殖抑郁症的相关成本可能会抵消它的好处.
- 长期存在的生殖保证假说在考虑这些成本时可能无法完全解释自我的演变.
- 加拿大鱼提供了一个案例研究,其中自我的缺点超过了自然种群的优点.
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