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1 December 2008 Toward the Evolutionary Genomics of Gametophytic Divergence: Patterns of Transmission Ratio Distortion in Monkeyflower (Mimulus) Hybrids Reveal a Complex Genetic Basis for Conspecific Pollen Precedence
Lila Fishman, Jan Aagaard, John C. Tuthill
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Abstract

Conspecific pollen precedence (CPP) is a major component of reproductive isolation between many flowering plant taxa and may reveal mechanisms of gametophytic evolution within species, but little is known about the genetic basis and evolutionary history of CPP. We systematically investigated the genetic architecture of CPP using patterns of transmission ratio distortion (TRD) in F2 and backcross hybrids between closely related species of Mimulus (Phrymaceae) with divergent mating systems. We found that CPP in Mimulus hybrids was polygenic and was the majority source of interspecific TRD genome-wide, with at least eight genomic regions contributing to the transmission advantage of M. guttatus pollen grains on M. guttatus styles. In aggregate, these male-specific transmission ratio distorting loci (TRDLs) were more than sufficient to account for the 100% precedence of pure M. guttatus pollen over M. nasutus pollen in mixed pollinations of M. guttatus. All but one of these pollen TRDLs were style-dependent; that is, we observed pollen TRD in F1 and/or M. guttatus styles, but not in M. nasutus styles. These findings suggest that species-specific differences in pollen tube performance accumulate gradually and may have been driven by coevolution between pollen and style in the predominantly outcrossing M. guttatus.

Lila Fishman, Jan Aagaard, and John C. Tuthill "Toward the Evolutionary Genomics of Gametophytic Divergence: Patterns of Transmission Ratio Distortion in Monkeyflower (Mimulus) Hybrids Reveal a Complex Genetic Basis for Conspecific Pollen Precedence," Evolution 62(12), 2958-2970, (1 December 2008). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00475.x
Received: 11 June 2008; Accepted: 27 June 2008; Published: 1 December 2008
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KEYWORDS
evolutionary genomics
mating systems
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS
reproductive isolation
selection - sexual
speciation
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