Introgression and repeated co-option facilitated the recurrent emergence of C-4 photosynthesis among close relatives

Dunning, Luke T. and Lundgren, Marjorie R. and Moreno-Villena, Jose J. and Namaganda, Mary and Edwards, Erika J. and Nosil, Patrik and Osborne, Colin P. and Christin, Pascal-Antoine (2017) Introgression and repeated co-option facilitated the recurrent emergence of C-4 photosynthesis among close relatives. Evolution, 71 (6). pp. 1541-1555. ISSN 0014-3820

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

The origins of novel traits are often studied using species trees and modeling phenotypes as different states of the same character, an approach that cannot always distinguish multiple origins from fewer origins followed by reversals. We address this issue by studying the origins of C-4 photosynthesis, an adaptation to warm and dry conditions, in the grass Alloteropsis. We dissect the C-4 trait into its components, and show two independent origins of the C-4 phenotype via different anatomical modifications, and the use of distinct sets of genes. Further, inference of enzyme adaptation suggests that one of the two groups encompasses two transitions to a full C-4 state from a common ancestor with an intermediate phenotype that had some C-4 anatomical and biochemical components. Molecular dating of C-4 genes confirms the introgression of two key C-4 components between species, while the inheritance of all others matches the species tree. The number of origins consequently varies among C-4 components, a scenario that could not have been inferred from analyses of the species tree alone. Our results highlight the power of studying individual components of complex traits to reconstruct trajectories toward novel adaptations.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Evolution
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1100
Subjects:
?? ancestral statecomplex traitco-optionreticulate evolutionspecies treebundle-sheath cellsalloteropsis-semialataphosphoenolpyruvate carboxylaseancient hybridizationevolutionary historyparallel recruitmentmaximum-likelihoodsquamate reptilesmultiple lossesgen ??
ID Code:
128325
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
18 Oct 2018 14:50
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
16 Jul 2024 10:51