HYBRIDIZATION,POLYPLOIDY AND ADVENTITIOUS GROWTH IN THE GENUS ASPLENIUM

Gametophytes of Asplenium platyneuron, A. rhizophyllum and A. monlanum were grown from spores under controlled conditions. Factors inhibiting and promoting germination and growth were determined. Leaves cut from sexually produced sporophytes of A. platyneuron, A. rhizophyllum and A. montanum were cultured under controlled conditions on agar slants. The leaves produced neoplastic growths of two kinds: (1) two-dimensional growths, (2) three-dimensional growths. The former developed into normal-appearing, rhizoid- and gametangia-producing, heart-shaped gametophytes having a diploid chromosome complement. The formation of two-dimensional growths was favored by conditions drastically reducing the energy supply of the initiating sporophytic cells and by destroying the correlation of the leaf. Three-dimensional growths most often developed into sporophytes unless conditions were limiting; in the latter case they transformed into two-dimensional growths. Both two- and three-dimensional growths developed from fragmented leaves excised from buds growing near the tips of acuminate fronds of A. ebenoides. The high frequency of two-dimensional adventitious growth leads to the conclusion that apospory may provide a mechanism for the production of fertile allotetraploids, by the fusion of diploid gametes of adventitiously produced diploid gametophytes, in the genus Asplenium and perhaps other fern genera, in contrast to that which has been previously suggested in the literature.     

RANDOM-FRAGMENT HYBRIDIZATION ANALYSIS OF EVOLUTION IN THE GENUS NEUROSPORA: THE STATUS OF FOUR-SPORED STRAINS

A random-fragment hybridization method employing nuclear DNA has been developed to explore phylogenetic relationships in the genus Neurospora. Four cloned fragments and repetitive rDNA sequences were examined for restriction-fragment polymorphisms among 14 strains representing four species. The findings demonstrate that variation among randomly selected nuclear fragments can be employed to group related taxa with a higher degree of resolution than has been obtained with other DNA hybridization methods, isozyme electrophoresis, or restriction analysis of repetitive DNA. Based on our analysis of cloned fragments, we conclude that four-spored, secondarily-homothallic strains collected worldwide represent a monophyletic group. Trees constructed on the basis of restriction-fragment cataloging and coarse-structure restriction-site maps are for the most part consistent with the present mating-based species concept. We are encouraged that this method will provide an additional important experimental tool for evolutionary studies.     

INTROGRESSION IN TRICHOMANES

Anderson's graphic method of population analysis applied to a number of specimens of Trichomanes sect. Selenodesmium points to introgressive hybridization between T. polystromaticum and T. dentatum. The two species, one of which grows in a xeric habitat and the other in a very protected mesic one, tend to maintain their specific integrities in their extreme habitats. Intermediate forms which tend to grow in intermediate habitats give indication of genetic imbalance in the form of diad spore production. Peculiarities of the fern and in particular of the hymenophyllaceous life cycle are discussed in the context of hybridization.     

中华猕猴和美味猕猴桃自然居群遗传结构及其种间杂交渐渗

利用9对SSR引物对中华猕猴桃(Actinidia chinensis)和美味猕猴桃(A. Deliciasa)两近缘种的5个同域分布复合体和各自1个非同域分布居群进行了遗传多样性、居群遗传结构的分析以及种间杂交渐渗的探讨.结果表明:1)两物种共有等位基因比例高达81.13%,物种特有等位基因较少(中华猕猴桃:13.27%,美味猕猴桃:5.61%),但共享等位基因表型频率在两近缘种间存在差异,而且与各同域复合体中两物样本的交错程度或间距存在关联;2)两种猕猴桃均具有极高遗传多样性,美味猕猴桃的遗传多样性(Ho=0.749,PIC=0.818)都略高于中化猕猴桃(Ho=0.686,PIC=0.799);3)两猕猴桃物种均具有较低的Nei'8居群遗传分化度,但AMOVA分析结果提示种内异域居群间(FST=0.0915)和同域复合体种间(FST=0.1115)均存在一定程度的遗传分化;中华猕猴无法居群遗传分化(GST=0.086;FST=0.2121)高于美味猕猴桃(GST=0.080;FST=0.1420);4)同域分布复合体两物种间的遗传分化(GST=0.020)低于物种内异域居群间的遗传分化(中华猕猴桃:GST=0.086;美味猕猴桃:Nm=2.880);5)居群UPGMA聚类提示在同一地域的居群优先聚类,个体聚类结果显示多数个体聚在各自群组内,但各地理居群并不按地理距离的远近聚类,这与Mantel相关性检测所提示的居群间遗传距离与地理距离没有显著性相关的结果一致.进一步分析表明两种猕猴桃的遗传多样性和居群遗传结构不仅受其广域分布、远交、晚期分化等生活史特性的影响,同时还与猕猴桃的染色体基数高(x=29)、倍性复杂和种间杂交等因素密切相关,其中两种猕猴桃的共享祖先多态性和同域分布种间杂交基因渗透对两猕猴桃的居群遗传结构产生了重要影响.     

THE GENUS TRICOLIA IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN

The genus Tricolia(Phasianellidae) in the Eastern Atlantic andMediterranean is reviewed on the bases of radular morphology,shell characters and polychromatism. The taxa included within the T. pullus (L.) group are not clearlyseparable and are treated as geographical subspecies:T. pulluspullus (L.), T. pullus picta (da Costa), T. pullus azorica (Dautzenberg),T. pullus canarica Nordsieck. The case of T. tenuis (Michaud)is problematic since it is clearly separable from sympatricT. pullus pullus in most parts of the Mediterranean but transitionalto T. pullus picta, towards the Atlantic. Other taxa are considered as having specific status since theyare consistently separable when found in sympatric populations.These include T. speciosa (Muhlfeldt), T. miniata (Monterosato),T. tingitana n.sp., T. petiti (Craven), T. nordsiecki (Talavera)and T. algoidea (Pallary). The last two species are stated forthe first time as belonging to the Phasianellidae. The genusEpheriella Pallary, based on T. algoidea, is synonymized withTricolia. (Received 6 April 1981;