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Genetic variation at nuclear loci fails to distinguish two morphologically distinct species of Aquilegia.


ABSTRACT: Aquilegia formosa and pubescens are two closely related species belonging to the columbine genus. Despite their morphological and ecological differences, previous studies have revealed a large degree of intercompatibility, as well as little sequence divergence between these two taxa. We compared the inter- and intraspecific patterns of variation for 9 nuclear loci, and found that the two species were practically indistinguishable at the level of DNA sequence polymorphism, indicating either very recent speciation or continued gene flow. As a comparison, we also analyzed variation at two loci across 30 other Aquilegia taxa; this revealed slightly more differentiation among taxa, which seemed best explained by geographic distance. By contrast, we found no evidence for isolation by distance on a more local geographic scale. We conclude that the extremely low levels of genetic differentiation between A. formosa and A. pubescens at neutral loci will facilitate future genome-wide scans for speciation genes.

SUBMITTER: Cooper EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2808223 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetic variation at nuclear loci fails to distinguish two morphologically distinct species of Aquilegia.

Cooper Elizabeth A EA   Whittall Justen B JB   Hodges Scott A SA   Nordborg Magnus M  

PloS one 20100119 1


Aquilegia formosa and pubescens are two closely related species belonging to the columbine genus. Despite their morphological and ecological differences, previous studies have revealed a large degree of intercompatibility, as well as little sequence divergence between these two taxa. We compared the inter- and intraspecific patterns of variation for 9 nuclear loci, and found that the two species were practically indistinguishable at the level of DNA sequence polymorphism, indicating either very  ...[more]

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