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JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 1149-1156Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01090.x
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amplified fragment length polymorphisms; ecological divergence; ecotype; heavy metal tolerance; linkage map; ultramaphic soil
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Serpentine soils provide a difficult substrate for plant colonization and growth and therefore represent an ideal system for studying the genetics of habitat adaptation and the evolution of plant-ecotypes. Using an F2 mapping population derived from an intraspecific cross between a serpentine and a nonserpentine ecotype of Silene vulgaris, the genetic architecture of seven morphological, physiological and life-history traits was explored. A quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis identified 23 QTLs, 15 of which were classified as major QTLs. The observed genetic architecture suggests that traits potentially involved in habitat adaptation are controlled by few genes of major effect and have evolved under consistent directional selection. Several linkage groups harboured overlapping QTLs for different traits, which can be due to either pleiotropy or linkage. The potential roles of these factors and of the time available for habitat adaptation and ecological speciation on serpentine are discussed.
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