期刊
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
卷 18, 期 14, 页码 3020-3035出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04254.x
关键词
AFLP; F-ST and Q(ST); genetic variation; invasive species; Lythrum salicaria; quantitative trait
资金
- EEOB Department at Iowa State University
- University of Iowa
Study of adaptive evolutionary changes in populations of invasive species can be advanced through the joint application of quantitative and population genetic methods. Using purple loosestrife as a model system, we investigated the relative roles of natural selection, genetic drift and gene flow in the invasive process by contrasting phenotypical and neutral genetic differentiation among native European and invasive North American populations (Q(ST) - F-ST analysis). Our results indicate that invasive and native populations harbour comparable levels of amplified fragment length polymorphism variation, a pattern consistent with multiple independent introductions from a diverse European gene pool. However, it was observed that the genetic variation reduced during subsequent invasion, perhaps by founder effects and genetic drift. Comparison of genetically based quantitative trait differentiation (Q(ST)) with its expectation under neutrality (F-ST) revealed no evidence of disruptive selection (Q(ST) > F-ST) or stabilizing selection (Q(ST) < F-ST). One exception was found for only one trait (the number of stems) showing significant sign of stabilizing selection across all populations. This suggests that there are difficulties in distinguishing the effects of nonadaptive population processes and natural selection. Multiple introductions of purple loosestrife may have created a genetic mixture from diverse source populations and increased population genetic diversity, but its link to the adaptive differentiation of invasive North American populations needs further research.
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