Padrões de diversidade genética e filogeografia de Tillandsia aeranthos (Lois.) L.B. Smith (Bromeliaceae)
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2018-05-17
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Gonçalves, Felipe Aoki
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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O continente sul-americano é o mais biodiverso da Terra, sendo palco da interação de complexos processos climáticos e geológicos que moldaram sua biota de forma muito heterogênea. Um crescente numero de estudos estudos de filogeografia de especies Sul Americanos tem auxiliado no entendimento das respostas evolutivas envolvidas em tal diversificação. A família Bromeliaceae é caracterizada por extensa radiação adaptativa, apresenta heterogeneidade de estratégias reprodutivas e padrões distintos de fluxo gênico e estrutura genética. Tillandsia aeranthos (Lois.) L.B. Smith é uma bromeliácea epífita que habita matas ciliares por toda região dos Pampas. Sua ocorrência em densas populações ao longo de ambientes geograficamente distintos a torna um bom modelo para a estudos sobre a influência de fatores geoclimáticos e ecológicos no padrão de distribuição da variabilidade genética e decorrentes processos de especiação ou manutenção da integridade da espécie. Esta dissertação foi dividida em dois manuscritos a fim de fornecer dados e análises úteis para a compreensão da evolução desta espécie neotropical. No Capítulo 1 foi realizada a amplificação heteróloga em Tillandsia aeranthos e Tillandsia recurvata de marcadores microssatélites nucleares previamente desenvolvidos para outras espécies de Bromeliaceae. Conjuntos de sete e seis marcadores apresentaram índices satisfatórios de polimorfismos em T. aeranthos e T. recurvata, respectivamente. A análise dos dados em duas populações de 20 indivíduos de cada espécie apresentou resultados compatíveis com sistemas reprodutivos distintos de cada espécie: fecundação cruzada predominante em T. aeranthos e auto-fecundação predominante em T. recurvata. No Capítulo 2 investigamos os padrões de variabilidade e estrutura genética e sistema reprodutivo de Tillandsia aeranthos ao longo da distribuição geográfica da espécie. Um total de 203 indivíduos de 13 localidades foi analisado a partir de sete marcadores microssatélites nucleares; 12 indivíduos tiveram 13 regiões universais plastidiais sequenciadas; e 74 indivíduos com 543 flores foram submetidos a experimentos de polinização manual. Os dados de microssatélites nucleares apontam altos níveis de diversidade genética em T. aeranthos (HE=0,806; HO=0,745) apesar de todas as regiões plastidiais sequenciadas terem sido monomórficas, sem diferenciação haplotípica. Foi observada também baixa diferenciação populacional (FST=0,031) sem correlação significativa entre as distâncias genéticas e geográficas das populações (isolamento-por-distância). Sinais moderados de eventos recentes de gargalo genético foram detectados em somente quatro das 13 populações, indicando que a maior parte das populações apresentou estabilidade demográfica durante o último máximo glacial. Os experimentos de manipulação polínica evidenciaram auto-incompatibilidade total em T. aeranthos. Em conclusão, os resultados demonstram altos níveis de diversidade genética e estabilidade demográfica na espécie, com fluxo gênico ocorrendo sem barreiras geográficas evidentes dentro da área de ocorrência de Tillandsia aeranthos.
South America is the most biodiverse subcontinent of the planet, bearing interactions between complex geoclimatic processes that heterogeneously molded its biota. An increasing number of Phylographic studies in South American species have helped us to understand the evolutionary responses that gradually formed such great biodiversity. Bromeliaceae is a family of herbaceous plants characterized by extreme adaptive radiation, its species present a wide range of reproductive strategies and distinct patterns of gene flow and genetic structure. Tillandsia aeranhos (Lois.) L.B. Smith is an epiphyte that inhabits mainly riparian forests of the Pampas biome. It occurs in dense populations across distinct habitats and topographic profiles, which makes it a good model species in studies about the influence of geo-climatic and ecologic factors over patterns of genetic variability and structure, as well as subsequent evolutionary processes of speciation or species cohesion maintenance. This dissertation presents two manuscripts aiming to provide data and analysis that will allow a better comprehension of T. aeranthos evolutionary history. In Chapter 1, we performed cross-amplifications of several nuclear microsatellite loci developed for other bromeliad species in Tillandsia aeranthos and T. recurvata. Sets of seven and six markers amplified satisfactorily and were polymorphic in T. aeanthos an T. recurvata respectively. The following analysis were carried in two populations of 20 individuals for each species and results were in accordance to opposite breeding sytems of each species: predominant cross-pollination in T. aeranthos and predominant self-pollination in T. recurvata. In Chapter 2, we investigated patterns of genetic diversity, phylogeographic structure and breeding system in T. aeranthos across most of its geographic distribution. Altogether, 203 individuals were analyzed from seven microsatellite markers; 12 individuals were analyzed from 13 chloroplast regions; and controlled pollinatin experiments were carried in 74 individuals bearing 543 flowers. Nuclear microsatellite data suggests very high levels of genetic diversity (HE=0,806; HO=0,74). Contrastingly, all chloroplast regions were monomorphic, with no haplotype differentiation. Genetic structure was very low (FST=0,031)) and isolation-by-distance hypothesis was refuted. Moderated signs of recent bottleneck events were detected in four out of 13 populations, suggesting that most populations were demographically stable since the last glacial maximum. Controlled pollination experiments showed complete self-incompatibility in T. aeranthos. In conclusion, our results sow high levels of genetic diversity and demographic stability in the species, with gene flow occurring freely without evidence of geographic barriers across the species geographic distribution.
South America is the most biodiverse subcontinent of the planet, bearing interactions between complex geoclimatic processes that heterogeneously molded its biota. An increasing number of Phylographic studies in South American species have helped us to understand the evolutionary responses that gradually formed such great biodiversity. Bromeliaceae is a family of herbaceous plants characterized by extreme adaptive radiation, its species present a wide range of reproductive strategies and distinct patterns of gene flow and genetic structure. Tillandsia aeranhos (Lois.) L.B. Smith is an epiphyte that inhabits mainly riparian forests of the Pampas biome. It occurs in dense populations across distinct habitats and topographic profiles, which makes it a good model species in studies about the influence of geo-climatic and ecologic factors over patterns of genetic variability and structure, as well as subsequent evolutionary processes of speciation or species cohesion maintenance. This dissertation presents two manuscripts aiming to provide data and analysis that will allow a better comprehension of T. aeranthos evolutionary history. In Chapter 1, we performed cross-amplifications of several nuclear microsatellite loci developed for other bromeliad species in Tillandsia aeranthos and T. recurvata. Sets of seven and six markers amplified satisfactorily and were polymorphic in T. aeanthos an T. recurvata respectively. The following analysis were carried in two populations of 20 individuals for each species and results were in accordance to opposite breeding sytems of each species: predominant cross-pollination in T. aeranthos and predominant self-pollination in T. recurvata. In Chapter 2, we investigated patterns of genetic diversity, phylogeographic structure and breeding system in T. aeranthos across most of its geographic distribution. Altogether, 203 individuals were analyzed from seven microsatellite markers; 12 individuals were analyzed from 13 chloroplast regions; and controlled pollinatin experiments were carried in 74 individuals bearing 543 flowers. Nuclear microsatellite data suggests very high levels of genetic diversity (HE=0,806; HO=0,74). Contrastingly, all chloroplast regions were monomorphic, with no haplotype differentiation. Genetic structure was very low (FST=0,031)) and isolation-by-distance hypothesis was refuted. Moderated signs of recent bottleneck events were detected in four out of 13 populations, suggesting that most populations were demographically stable since the last glacial maximum. Controlled pollination experiments showed complete self-incompatibility in T. aeranthos. In conclusion, our results sow high levels of genetic diversity and demographic stability in the species, with gene flow occurring freely without evidence of geographic barriers across the species geographic distribution.
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Filogeografia, Microssatélites, Genética de populações, Pampas, Bromeliaceae, Phylogeography, Microsatellites, Population genetics