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Seed fates in crop–wild hybrid sunflower: crop allele and maternal effects

Domestication has resulted in selection upon seed traits found in wild populations, yet crop-wild hybrids retain some aspects of both parental phenotypes. Seed fates of germination, dormancy, and mortality can influence the success of crop allele introgression in crop-wild hybrid zones, especially i...

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Autores principales: Pace, Brian A, Alexander, Helen M, Emry, Jason D, Mercer, Kristin L
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4319861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25685189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12236
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author Pace, Brian A
Alexander, Helen M
Emry, Jason D
Mercer, Kristin L
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description Domestication has resulted in selection upon seed traits found in wild populations, yet crop-wild hybrids retain some aspects of both parental phenotypes. Seed fates of germination, dormancy, and mortality can influence the success of crop allele introgression in crop-wild hybrid zones, especially if crop alleles or crop-imparted seed coverings result in out-of-season germination. We performed a seed burial experiment using crop, wild, and diverse hybrid sunflower (Helianthus annuus) cross types to test how a cross type's maternal parent and nuclear genetic composition might affect its fate under field conditions. We observed higher maladaptive fall germination in the crop- and F(1)- produced seeds than wild-produced seeds and, due to an interaction with percent crop alleles, fall germination was higher for cross types with more crop-like nuclear genetics. By spring, crop-produced cross types had the highest overwintering mortality, primarily due to higher fall germination. Early spring germination was identical across maternal types, but germination continued for F(1)-produced seeds. In conclusion, the more wild-like the maternal parent or the less proportion of the cross type's genome contributed by the crop, the greater likelihood a seed will remain ungerminated than die. Wild-like dormancy may facilitate introgression through future recruitment from the soil seed bank.
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spelling pubmed-43198612015-02-13 Seed fates in crop–wild hybrid sunflower: crop allele and maternal effects Pace, Brian A Alexander, Helen M Emry, Jason D Mercer, Kristin L Evol Appl Original Articles Domestication has resulted in selection upon seed traits found in wild populations, yet crop-wild hybrids retain some aspects of both parental phenotypes. Seed fates of germination, dormancy, and mortality can influence the success of crop allele introgression in crop-wild hybrid zones, especially if crop alleles or crop-imparted seed coverings result in out-of-season germination. We performed a seed burial experiment using crop, wild, and diverse hybrid sunflower (Helianthus annuus) cross types to test how a cross type's maternal parent and nuclear genetic composition might affect its fate under field conditions. We observed higher maladaptive fall germination in the crop- and F(1)- produced seeds than wild-produced seeds and, due to an interaction with percent crop alleles, fall germination was higher for cross types with more crop-like nuclear genetics. By spring, crop-produced cross types had the highest overwintering mortality, primarily due to higher fall germination. Early spring germination was identical across maternal types, but germination continued for F(1)-produced seeds. In conclusion, the more wild-like the maternal parent or the less proportion of the cross type's genome contributed by the crop, the greater likelihood a seed will remain ungerminated than die. Wild-like dormancy may facilitate introgression through future recruitment from the soil seed bank. BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015-02 2014-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4319861/ /pubmed/25685189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12236 Text en © 2014 The Authors. Evolutionary Applications published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pace, Brian A
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Mercer, Kristin L
Seed fates in crop–wild hybrid sunflower: crop allele and maternal effects
title Seed fates in crop–wild hybrid sunflower: crop allele and maternal effects
title_full Seed fates in crop–wild hybrid sunflower: crop allele and maternal effects
title_fullStr Seed fates in crop–wild hybrid sunflower: crop allele and maternal effects
title_full_unstemmed Seed fates in crop–wild hybrid sunflower: crop allele and maternal effects
title_short Seed fates in crop–wild hybrid sunflower: crop allele and maternal effects
title_sort seed fates in crop–wild hybrid sunflower: crop allele and maternal effects
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4319861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25685189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12236
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