GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF INBREEDING DEPRESSION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF GAMETOPHYTIC SELF‐INCOMPATIBILITY |
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Authors: | Camille Gervais Diala Abu Awad Denis Roze Vincent Castric Sylvain Billiard |
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Institution: | 1. UMI 3614, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Algae, CNRS, , 29680 Roscoff, France;2. Sorbonne Universités, , 29680 Roscoff, France;3. Laboratoire de Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, UMR CNRS 8198, Université Lille 1 – Sciences et Technologies, , 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France |
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Abstract: | Gametophytic self‐incompatibility (GSI) is a widespread genetic system, which enables hermaphroditic plants to avoid self‐fertilization and mating with close relatives. Inbreeding depression is thought to be the major force maintaining SI; however, inbreeding depression is a dynamical variable that depends in particular on the mating system. In this article we use multilocus, individual‐based simulations to examine the coevolution of SI and inbreeding depression within finite populations. We focus on the conditions for the maintenance of SI when self‐compatible (SC) mutants are introduced in the population by recurrent mutation, and compare simulation results with predictions from an analytical model treating inbreeding depression as a fixed parameter (thereby neglecting effects of purging within the SC subpopulation). In agreement with previous models, we observe that the maintenance of SI is associated with high inbreeding depression and is facilitated by high rates of self‐pollination. Purging of deleterious mutations by SC mutants has little effect on the spread of those mutants as long as most deleterious alleles have weak fitness effects: in this case, the genetic architecture of inbreeding depression has little effect on the maintenance of SI. By contrast, purging may greatly enhance the spread of SC mutants when deleterious alleles have strong fitness effects. |
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Keywords: | Deleterious mutation inbreeding depression purging self‐incompatibility |
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