Ecology and life history affect different aspects of the population structure of 27 high-alpine plants.

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serval:BIB_DE5129C66E3A
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Ecology and life history affect different aspects of the population structure of 27 high-alpine plants.
Journal
Molecular Ecology
Author(s)
Meirmans P.G., Goudet J., Gaggiotti O.E., Gaggiotti O.E.
Working group(s)
IntraBioDiv Consortium
Contributor(s)
Alvarez N., Gugerli F., Holderegger R., Negrini R., Schönswetter P., Taberlet P., Thiel-Egenter C., Tribsch A.
ISSN
1365-294X (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0962-1083
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2011
Volume
20
Number
15
Pages
3144-3155
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
A plant species' genetic population structure is the result of a complex combination of its life history, ecological preferences, position in the ecosystem and historical factors. As a result, many different statistical methods exist that measure different aspects of species' genetic structure. However, little is known about how these methods are interrelated and how they are related to a species' ecology and life history. In this study, we used the IntraBioDiv amplified fragment length polymorphisms data set from 27 high-alpine species to calculate eight genetic summary statistics that we jointly correlate to a set of six ecological and life-history traits. We found that there is a large amount of redundancy among the calculated summary statistics and that there is a significant association with the matrix of species traits. In a multivariate analysis, two main aspects of population structure were visible among the 27 species. The first aspect is related to the species' dispersal capacities and the second is most likely related to the species' postglacial recolonization of the Alps. Furthermore, we found that some summary statistics, most importantly Mantel's r and Jost's D, show different behaviour than expected based on theory. We therefore advise caution in drawing too strong conclusions from these statistics.
Keywords
Altitude, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis, DNA, Plant/genetics, Ecology/methods, Ecosystem, Genetics, Population, Genotyping Techniques, Multivariate Analysis, Plants/genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Web of science
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12/09/2011 13:46
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20/08/2019 17:02
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