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PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
Volume 301, Issue 9, Pages 2231-2246Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-015-1226-x
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Bromeliaceae; Fosterella; In situ crossing experiments; Microsatellites; Plastid inheritance; Reproduction biology
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We applied a series of intra- and interspecific in situ cross-pollination experiments under greenhouse conditions to evaluate the breeding systems in four Fosterella species (Pitcairnioideae s.str.; Bromeliaceae). Viable hybrids were produced between each pair of the investigated species, suggesting that reproduction barriers may be low also under natural conditions. Seed germination rates proved to be high in each crossing treatment, indicating a high viability of the artificial hybrids. Large numbers of seeds were produced after both closed and open pollination treatments, suggesting that autogamy may be a major reproductive strategy in the genus. Our results support the concept that self-compatibility is an appropriate way to avoid natural hybridization in Bromeliaceae and could assist in maintaining species integrity in the presence of pollen flow. Paternity was verified in all crosses by genotyping parents and offspring with a set of polymorphic nuclear microsatellite markers. To study the mode of chloroplast inheritance, we developed a novel set of 24 chloroplast microsatellite markers using 454 pyrosequencing technology, and applied four of these markers for genotyping parents and offspring from all crosses. Our results clearly demonstrated a maternal inheritance of plastids.
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