Claim · model-written summary
Plastid genome sequence data support S. annulatum as the paternal parent and S. cuspidatum as the maternal parent of allopolyploid S. majus.
- Taxon
- Sphagnum majus
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Sphagnum majuse0 - Outcome
- paternal parente1
- Qualifier
- plastid genomee1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“The allopolyploid species, Sphagnum majus, comprises one such problematic complex”
e1“Sequence data from the plastid genome were employed to infer parentage of allopolyploid S. majus. Our results support the hypothesis that S. annulatum is the paternal parent and S. cuspidatum is the maternal parent”
Title
Morphological-molecular incongruence in Sphagnum majus ssp. majus and ssp. norvegicum
Marta Nieto-Lugilde; Sean Robinson; Blanka Aguero; et al. The Bryologist 2022. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-125.2.294
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Field collections of the two Sphagnum majus subspecies can be statistically differentiated morphologically, with substantial overlap.
- Observation Genome-scale molecular data show no differentiation between S. majus ssp. majus and ssp. norvegicum.
- Mechanism The morphological differences between the two subspecies are interpreted as either plastic responses to habitat heterogeneity or segregating genetic variation within a single taxon.
- Recommendation Molecular data do not support formal taxonomic recognition of two Sphagnum majus taxa.