Abstract
Abstract The application of genetic tools for studying species delimitation and relationships in Sphagnum (peatmosses) has demonstrated that evolutionary patterns are complex and include homoploid hybridization and multiple taxa of allopolyploid origin. We investigated evolutionary relationships in the so-called S. fimbriatum complex and tested hypotheses of species delimitation derived from patterns of morphological variation, and determined the origin of one species with diploid gametophytes. Plastid DNA sequences resolve a single haplotype shared by one described species, S. concinnum, and a morphotype that we had hypothesized to be another species (referred to informally as S. “diskoense”). All samples of the polyploid, S. tescorum, share an identical haplotype with most samples of S. girgensohnii. Sphagnum fimbriatum and S. girgensohnii share several plastid DNA haplotypes, and also share haplotypes with two other morphotypes that we had hypothesized to be distinct species (S. “obscurum” and S. “ubertum”). Fixed or nearly fixed heterozygosity at ten microsatellite loci show that S. tescorum is an allopolyploid. Genetic admixture analyses and computation of hybrid indices from microsatellite data, in combination with sequences from the plastid genome, support the hypothesis that S. fimbriatum and S. girgensohnii are progenitors of S. tescorum, with S. girgensohnii as the maternal parent. Data from 14 microsatellite loci demonstrate that S. concinnum, S. fimbriatum, S. girgensohnii, and S. tescorum are genetically distinct but the same data do not support separation of S. “diskoense,” S. “obscurum,” and S. “ubertum.” Homoploid hybridization between S. fimbriatum and S. girgensohnii is strongly suggested by genetic data and phylogenetic analyses.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
S. concinnum and S. “diskoense” share a plastid haplotype.
- Taxon
- S. concinnumSphagnum concinnume0
- Outcome
- a single haplotype sharede0
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e0“a single haplotype shared by one described species, S. concinnum, and a morphotype that we had hypothesized to be another species (referred to informally as S. “diskoense”)”
Claim · model-written summary
S. tescorum shares a haplotype with most S. girgensohnii.
- Taxon
- S. tescorumSphagnum tescorume0
- Outcome
- share an identical haplotypee0
Verbatim
e0“All samples of the polyploid, S. tescorum, share an identical haplotype with most samples of S. girgensohnii”
Claim · model-written summary
S. fimbriatum and S. girgensohnii share several plastid haplotypes.
- Taxon
- Sphagnum fimbriatum
Sphagnum fimbriatume0 - Outcome
- share several plastid DNA haplotypese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sphagnum fimbriatum and S. girgensohnii share several plastid DNA haplotypes, and also share haplotypes with two other morphotypes that we had hypothesized to be distinct species (S. “obscurum” and S. “ubertum”)”
Claim · model-written summary
Heterozygosity indicates S. tescorum is an allopolyploid.
- Taxon
- S. tescorumSphagnum tescorume0
- Outcome
- is an allopolyploide0
Verbatim
e0“Fixed or nearly fixed heterozygosity at ten microsatellite loci show that S. tescorum is an allopolyploid”
Claim · model-written summary
S. fimbriatum and S. girgensohnii are supported as progenitors of S. tescorum.
- Taxon
- S. tescorumSphagnum tescorume0
- Outcome
- progenitors of S. tescorume0
Verbatim
e0“support the hypothesis that S. fimbriatum and S. girgensohnii are progenitors of S. tescorum, with S. girgensohnii as the maternal parent”
Claim · model-written summary
Four named Sphagnum species are genetically distinct.
- Taxon
- S. concinnumSphagnum concinnume0
- Outcome
- genetically distincte0
Verbatim
e0“S. concinnum, S. fimbriatum, S. girgensohnii, and S. tescorum are genetically distinct”
Claim · model-written summary
Genetic data strongly suggest homoploid hybridization between S. fimbriatum and S. girgensohnii.
- Taxon
- S. fimbriatumSphagnum fimbriatume0
- Outcome
- Homoploid hybridizatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Homoploid hybridization between S. fimbriatum and S. girgensohnii is strongly suggested by genetic data and phylogenetic analyses”