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Speciation in the marine crop Pyropia yezoensis (Bangiales,Rhodophyta)
Authors:Kyosuke Niwa  Atsushi Kobiyama
Institution:1. Fisheries Technology Institute, Hyogo Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, , Akashi, Hyogo, 674‐0093 Japan;2. Laboratory of Aquatic Microbiology, School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, , Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252‐0373 Japan
Abstract:In the marine red alga Pyropia yezoensis, commonly known in Japan as nori, sympatric occurrence of two cryptic species Pyropia sp. 2 and Pyropia sp. 3 on the same rock in a natural habitat has been confirmed by molecular analysis and detailed morphological observations. To confirm whether Pyropia sp. 2 and Pyropia sp. 3 were reproductively isolated in the sympatric population, 170 blades that had previously been studied using a maternally inherited plastid marker were examined with a nuclear gene marker. The results suggested that Pyropia sp. 2 and Pyropia sp. 3 with identical morphological features were reproductively isolated in the sympatric population and that they were different species based on the biological species concept. Although gametophytic blades of Pyropia were usually assumed to be haploid, 18 of 170 blades possessed both of the two genotypes derived from Pyropia sp. 2 and from Pyropia sp. 3. These results inferred that allodiploid blades were generated from the interspecific hybridization between these two cryptic species. The present findings provide insights for future studies on the speciation mechanism in seaweeds, particularly for genera that contain numerous species.
Keywords:allopolyploidy  biological species concept  cryptic species  interspecific hybridization     Pyropia yezoensis     speciation
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