Corresponding patterns of geographic variation among populations ofSilene latifolia (=S. alba =S. pratensis) (Caryophyllaceae) |
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Authors: | O Mastenbroek H C Prentice J Heringa P Hogeweg |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Population and Evolutionary Biology, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 CH-Utrecht, The Netherlands;(2) Bioinformatics Group, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 CH-Utrecht, The Netherlands;(3) Present address: Institute of Ecological Botany, Uppsala University, PO Box 559, S-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Morphological and biochemical data were analysed from 30 greenhouse-grown populations of EuropeanSilene latifolia. Six separate character sets (flavones, seed, pollen, capsules, male and female flower morphology) were used in the analyses. There was broad-scale congruence between trends of geographic variation in most character sets, with the populations being assigned to western (or southern and western) and eastern clusters. The eastern and western clusters abut along a transition zone that runs roughly from Belgium to the northern Balkans; this zone represents a region of relatively rapid change and contains populations intermediate between the eastern and western clusters. Variation in flower morphology was weak and discordant with variation in the other character sets. The origin and maintenance of the variation pattern is discussed in terms of migrational history and hybrid zones. |
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Keywords: | Angiosperms Caryophyllaceae Silene latifolia S alba S pratensis Geographic variation racial differentiation clines morphological variation flavone glycosylation genes principal components analysis cluster analysis Flora of Europe |
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