Natural selection on light response curve parameters in the herbaceous annual, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Impatiens capensis</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">M?Shane?HeschelEmail author John?R?Stinchcombe Kent?E?Holsinger Johanna?Schmitt |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Rd., U-43, Storrs, CT 06269–3043, USA;(2) Present address: Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;(3) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Box G-W, Providence, RI 02912, USA |
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Abstract: | We tested for genetic variation in light response curves and their acclimation to sun versus shade in recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of the annual species Impatiens capensis derived from a cross between sun and shade populations. We exposed replicates of 49 RILs to experimentally manipulated light levels (open versus shade) in a greenhouse and measured photosynthetic light response curves, height, biomass, and reproduction. Plants were taller in the shade treatment, but we were unable to detect differences between light treatments (i.e., acclimation) in the maximal rate of photosynthesis, the light compensation point, or the quantum efficiency of photosynthesis. Genotypic selection analyses indicated that higher maximal rates of carbon assimilation and higher light compensation points (typical of sun-acclimated light curves) were favored by natural selection in both light treatments. Thus, it appears that the pattern of selection on photosynthetic parameters may not depend on light environment in this species.M. Shane Heschel and John R. Stinchcombe contributed equally to the paper. |
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Keywords: | Photosynthetic acclimation responses Sun– shade ecotypes Impatiens capensis Natural selection |
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