Differentiation among populations,sometimes despite ongoing gene exchange,is a key step in speciation.Therefore,comparison of intra-and interspecific differentiation patterns is of great significance to understanding speciation.The genus Quercus is an interesting system to test speciation models in the presence of gene flow,due to its weak interspecific reproductive barriers.The aim of the present study was to characterize the degree and pattern of morphological and genetic differentiation among different morphotypes in the white oak Quercus laeta,some corresponding to the previously described species Quercus centralis,Q.laeta,Quercus prinopsis,and Quercus transmontana,as well as geographically structured variation within Q.transmontana not described previously.Our goal was to evaluate if some of these can be considered distinct specific entities or are rather part of a continuum of variation.Nine microsatellite loci and two intergenic regions of chloroplast DNA were analyzed.Morphological differences were evaluated using geometric morphometrics.Chloroplast DNA showed low differentiation,suggesting introgression or sharing of ancestral haplotypes among the Q.laeta morphotypes.Nuclear microsatellites indicated differentiation into two distinct main genetic groups,which were congruent with morphological differentiation.In conclusion,nuclear markers and morphological variations suggest the existence of at least two different entities within Q.Iaeta.

Saddan Morales-Saldana;Susana Valencia-ávalos;Ken Oyama;Efraín Tovar-Sánchez;Andrew L.Hipp;Antonio González-Rodríguez

Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,Morelia 58190,México;Herbario de la Facultad de Ciencias,Departamento de Biología Comparada,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,Circuito Exterior,s.n,Ciudad Universitaria,Coyoacán,México City 04510,México;Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Morelia,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México(UNAM),Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No.8701,Col.Ex-Hacienda de San José de la Huerta,Morelia,Michoacán 58190,México;Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación,Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos,Av.Universidad 1001,Col.Chamilpa,C.P.,Cuernavaca 62209,México;The Morton Arboretum,Lisle,IL 60532-1293,USA

植物分类学报

[1]Saddan Morales-Saldana;Susana Valencia-ávalos;Ken Oyama;Efraín Tovar-Sánchez;Andrew L.Hipp;Antonio González-Rodríguez-.Even more oak species in Mexico?Genetic structure and morphological differentiation support the presence of at least two specific entities within Quercus Iaeta)[J].植物分类学报,2022(05):1124-1139

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