Subindividual variation and genetic versus environmental effects on seed traits in a European Aquilegia

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1125-1132

  Castellanos, M C ^a,b   Medrano, M ^a   Herrera, C M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bio model; Diallel; Germination; Maternal effects; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; HERB; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEED;

AQUILEGIA; AQUILEGIA PYRENAICA;

EID: 54249169778     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-078     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Antonovics, J., and Schmitt, J. 1986. Paternal and maternal effects on propagule size in Anthoxanthum odoratum. Oecologia (Berl.), 69: 277-282. doi:10.1007/BF00377634.
2. Augspurger, C.K., and Franson, S.E. 1987. Wind dispersal of artificial fruits varying in mass, area, and morphology. Ecology, 68: 27-42. doi:10.2307/1938802.
3. Baskin, C.C., and Baskin, J.M. 1998. Seeds. Ecology, biogeography, and evolution of dormancy and germination. Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., Burlington, Mass.
4. Biere, A. 1991a. Parental effects in Lychnis flos-cuculi. I: Seed size, germination and seedling performance in a controlled environment. J. Evol. Biol. 4: 447-465. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.1991.4030447.x.
5. Biere, A. 1991b. Parental effects in Lychnis flos-cuculi. II: Selection on time of emergence and seedling performance in the field. J. Evol. Biol. 4: 467-486. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.1991.4030467.x.
6. Byers, D.L., Platenkamp, G.A.J., and Shaw, R.G. 1997. Variation in seed characters in Nemophila menziesii: evidence of a genetic basis for maternal effect. Evolution, 51: 1445-1456. doi:10.2307/2411197.
7. Cockerham, C.C., and Weir, B.S. 1977. Quadratic analyses of reciprocal crosses. Biometrics, 33: 187-203. doi:10.2307/2529312. PMID:843573.
8. Cohen, D. 1966. Optimizing reproduction in a randomly varying environment. J. Theor. Biol. 12: 119-129. doi:10.1016/0022-5193(66)90188- 3. PMID:6015423.
9. Daws, M.I., Bolton, S., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Garwood, N., and Mullins, C.E. 2007. Loss of desiccation tolerance during germination in neo-tropical pioneer-seeds: implications for seed mortality and germination characteristics. Seed Sci. Res. 17: 273-281.
10. Diggle, P.K. 1995. Architectural effects and the interpretation of patterns of fruit and seed development. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 26: 531-552. doi:10.1146/annurev.es.26.110195.002531.
11. Donohue, K., Dorn, L., Griffith, C., Kim, E., Aguilera, A., Polisetty, C.R., and Schmitt, J. 2005. The evolutionary ecology of seed germination of Arabidopsis thaliana: variable natural selection on germination timing. Evolution, 59: 758-770. PMID:15926687.
12. Gómez, J.M. 2004. Bigger is not always better: conflicting selective pressures on seed size in Quercus ilex. Evolution, 58: 71-80. PMID:15058720.
13. Good-Avila, S.V., and Stephenson, A.G. 2003. Parental effects in a partially self-incompatible herb Campanula rapunculoides L. (Campanulaceae): influence of variation in the strength of self-incompatibility on seed set and progeny performance. Am. Nat. 161: 615-630. doi:10.1086/368290. PMID:12776888.
14. Halpern, S.L. 2005. Sources and consequences of seed size variation in Lupinus perennis (Fabaceae): adaptive and non-adaptive hypotheses. Am. J. Bot. 92: 205-213. doi:10.3732/ajb.92.2.205.
15. Helenurm, K., and Schaal, B.A. 1996. Genetic and maternal effects on offspring fitness in Lupinus texensis (Fabaceae). Am. J. Bot. 83: 1596-1608. doi:10.2307/2445836.
16. Herrera, C.M. 2008. Multiplicity in unity. Plant subindividual variation and interactions with animals. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA. In press.
17. Howe, H.F., and Richter, W.M. 1982. Effects of seed size on seedling size in Virola surinamensis: a within and between tree analysis. Oecologia (Berl.), 53: 347-351. doi:10.1007/BF00389011.
18. Kalisz, S. 1986. Variable selection on the timing of germination in Collinsia verna (Scrophulariaceae). Evolution, 40: 479-491. doi:10.2307/2408571.
19. Kalisz, S. 1989. Fitness consequences of mating system, seed weight, and emergence date in a winter annual, Collinsia verna. Evolution, 43: 1263-1272. doi:10.2307/2409361.
20. Lavergne, S., Thompson, J., Garnier, E., and Debussche, M. 2004. The biology and ecology of narrow endemic and widespread plants: a comparative study of trait variation in 20 congeneric pairs. Oikos, 107: 505-518. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13423.x.
21. Lipow, S.R., and Wyatt, R. 1999. Diallel crosses reveal patterns of variation in fruit-set, seed mass, and seed number in Asclepias incarnata. Heredity, 83: 310-318. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6885780. PMID:10504429.
22. Mazer, S.J. 1987a. The quantitative genetics of life-history and fitness components in Raphanus raphanistrum L. (Brassicaceae): ecological and evolutionary consequences of seed-weight variation. Am. Nat. 130: 891-914. doi:10.1086/284754.
23. Mazer, S.J. 1987b. Parental effects on seed development and seed yield in Raphanus raphanistrum: implications for natural and sexual selection. Evolution, 41: 355-371. doi:10.2307/2409144.
24. McGinley, M.A., Smith, C.C., and Higgins, J.J. 1990. Morphological constraints on seed mass in lodgepole pine. Funct. Ecol. 4: 183-192. doi:10.2307/2389337.
25. Miao, S.L., Bazzaz, F.A., and Primack, R.B. 1991. Persistence of maternal nutrient effects in Plantago major: the 3rd-generation. Ecology, 72: 1634-1642. doi:10.2307/1940963.
26. Michaels, H.J., Benner, B., Hartgernik, A.P., Lee, T.D., Rice, S., Willson, M.F., and Bertin, I. 1988. Seed size variation: magnitude, distribution, and ecological correlates. Evol. Ecol. 2: 157-166. doi:10.1007/BF02067274.
27. Montalvo, A.M., and Shaw, R.G. 1994. Quantitative genetics of sequential life-history and juvenile traits in the partially selfing perennial, Aquilegia caerulea. Evolution, 48: 828-841. doi:10.2307/2410490.
28. Obeso, J.R. 1993. Seed mass variation in the perennial herb Asphodelus albus: sources of variation and position effect. Oecologia (Berl.), 93: 571-575. doi:10.1007/BF00328967.
29. Platenkamp, G.A.J., and Shaw, R.G. 1993. Environmental and genetic maternal effects on seed characters in Nemophila menziesii. Evolution, 47: 540-555. doi:10.2307/2410070.
30. Roy, S.K. 1959. Regulation of morphogenesis in an oleaceous tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis. Nature (London), 183: 1410-1411. doi:10.1038/1831410a0.
31. Schmid, B., and Dolt, C. 1994. Effects of maternal and paternal environment and genotype on offspring phenotype in Solidago altissima L. Evolution, 48: 1525-1549. doi:10.2307/2410246.
32. Schwaegerle, K.E., and Levin, D.A. 1990. Quantitative genetics of seed size variation in Phlox. Evol. Ecol. 4: 143-148. doi:10.1007/BF02270911.
33. Shaw, R.G. 1987. Maximum-likelihood approaches applied to quantitative genetics of natural populations. Evolution, 41: 812-826. doi:10.2307/2408890.
34. Shaw, R.G., and Shaw, F.H. 1994. Quercus: programs for quantitative genetic analysis using maximum likelihood. [Online]. Available from www.cbs.umn.edu/eeb/events/quercus.shtml [accessed September 2005].
35. Shaw, R.G., and Waser, N.M. 1994. Quantitative genetic interpretations of postpollination reproductive traits in plants. Am. Nat. 143: 617-635. doi:10.1086/285623.
36. Simons, A.M. 2007. Selection for increased allocation to offspring number under environmental unpredictability. J.Evol.Biol.20:813-817. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01270.x.PMID:17305847.
37. Simons, A.M., and Johnston, M.O. 2000. Variation in seed traits of Lobelia inflata (Campanulaceae): sources and fitness consequences. Am. J. Bot. 87: 124-132. doi:10.2307/2656690. PMID:10636835.
38. Simons, A.M., and Johnston, M.O. 2006. Environmental and genetic sources of diversification in the timing of seed germination: implications for the evolution of bet hedging. Evolution, 60: 2280-2292. PMID:17236421.
39. Stanton, M.L. 1984. Seed variation in wild radish: effect of seed size on components of seedling and adult fitness. Ecology, 65: 1105-1112. doi:10.2307/1938318.
40. Thompson, J.N. 1984. Variation among individual seed masses in Lomatium grayi (Umbelliferae) under controlled conditions: magnitude and partitioning of the variance. Ecology, 65: 626-631. doi:10.2307/1941425.
41. Waser, N.M., Shaw, R.G., and Price, M.V. 1995. Seed set and seed mass in Ipomopsis aggregata: variance partitioning and inferences about postpollination selection. Evolution, 49: 80-88. doi:10.2307/2410294.
42. Winn, A.A. 1988. Ecological and evolutionary consequences of seed size in Prunella vulgaris. Ecology, 69: 1537-1544. doi:10.2307/1941651.
43. Winn, A.A. 1991. Proximate and ultimate sources of within-individual variation in seed mass in Prunella vulgaris (Lamiaceae). Am. J. Bot. 78: 838-844. doi:10.2307/2445075.
44. Wolf, J.B., Brodie, E.D., Cheverud, J.M., Moore, A.J., and Wade, M.J. 1998. Evolutionary consequences of indirect genetic effects. Trends Ecol. Evol. 13: 64-69. doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01233-0.
45. Wolfe, L.M. 1995. The genetics and ecology of seed size variation in a biennial plant, Hydrophyllum appendiculatum (Hydrophyllaceae). Oecologia (Berl.), 101: 343-352. doi:10.1007/BF00328821.