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Tangled banks: A landscape genomic evaluation of Wallace's Riverine barrier hypothesis for three Amazon plant species

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Author(s):
Nazareno, Alison G. [1] ; Dick, Christopher W. [2, 3] ; Lohmann, Lucia G. [1]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Bot, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Panama City - Panama
[3] Univ Michigan, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 - USA
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Molecular Ecology; v. 28, n. 5, p. 980-997, MAR 2019.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Wallace's Riverine Barrier hypothesis is one of the earliest biogeographic explanations for Amazon speciation, but it has rarely been tested in plants. In this study, we used three woody Amazonian plant species to evaluate Wallace's Hypothesis using tools of landscape genomics. We generated unlinked single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data from the nuclear genomes of 234 individuals (78 for each plant species) across 13 sampling sites along the Rio Branco, Brazil, for Amphirrhox longifolia (8,075 SNPs), Psychotria lupulina (9,501 SNPs) and Passiflora spinosa (14,536 SNPs). Although significantly different migration rates were estimated between species, the population structure data do not support the hypothesis that the Rio Branco-an allopatric barrier for primates and birds-is a significant genetic barrier for Amphirrhox longifolia, Passiflora spinosa or Psychotria lupulina. Overall, we demonstrated that medium-sized rivers in the Amazon Basin, such as the Rio Branco, are permeable barriers to gene flow for animal-dispersed and animal-pollinated plant species. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/50260-6 - Structure and evolution of the Amazonian biota and its environment: an integrative approach
Grantee:Lúcia Garcez Lohmann
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 13/12633-8 - Comparative phylogeography of plants in the Central Amazonia
Grantee:Alison Gonçalves Nazareno
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 17/02302-5 - Crossing Amazonian rivers: a comparative study of plants with distinct life histories
Grantee:Alison Gonçalves Nazareno
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
FAPESP's process: 15/07141-4 - A test of the riverine barrier hypothesis for Amazonian plants
Grantee:Alison Gonçalves Nazareno
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor