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Low but structured chloroplast diversity in Atherosperma moschatum (Atherospermataceae) suggests bottlenecks in response to the Pleistocene glacials
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Worth, JRP and Marthick, JR and Jordan, GJ and Vaillancourt, RE, Low but structured chloroplast diversity in Atherosperma moschatum (Atherospermataceae) suggests bottlenecks in response to the Pleistocene glacials, Annals of Botany, 108, (7) pp. 1247-1256. ISSN 0305-7364 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Background and Aims The cool temperate rainforests of Australia were much reduced in range during the cold
and dry glacial periods, although genetic evidence indicates that two key rainforest species, Nothofagus cunninghamii
and Tasmannia lanceolata, survived within multiple locations and underwent only local range expansions
at the end of the Last Glacial. To better understand the glacial response of a co-occurring but wind-dispersed and
less cold-tolerant rainforest tree species, Atherosperma moschatum, a chloroplast phylogeographic study was
undertaken.
† Methods A total of 3294 bp of chloroplast DNA sequence was obtained for 155 samples collected from across
the species’ range.
† Key Results The distribution of six haplotypes observed in A. moschatum was geographically structured with an
inferred ancestral haplotype restricted to Tasmania, while three non-overlapping and endemic haplotypes were
found on the mainland of south-eastern Australia. Last glacial refugia for A. moschatum are likely to have
occurred in at least one location in western Tasmania and in Victoria and within at least two locations in the
Great Dividing Range of New South Wales. Nucleotide diversity of A. moschatum was lower (p ¼ 0.00021)
than either N. cunninghamii (0.00101) or T. lanceolata (0.00073), and was amongst the lowest recorded for
any tree species.
†Conclusions This study provides evidence for past bottlenecks having impacted the chloroplast diversity of
A. moschatum as a result of the species narrower climatic niche during glacials. This hypothesis is supported
by the star-like haplotype network and similar estimated rates of chloroplast DNA substitution for
A. moschatum and the two more cold tolerant and co-occurring species that have higher chloroplast diversity,
N. cunninghamii and T. lanceolata.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Plant biology |
Research Field: | Plant biology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Terrestrial systems and management |
Objective Field: | Terrestrial biodiversity |
UTAS Author: | Worth, JRP (Dr James Worth) |
UTAS Author: | Marthick, JR (Mr James Marthick) |
UTAS Author: | Jordan, GJ (Professor Greg Jordan) |
UTAS Author: | Vaillancourt, RE (Professor Rene Vaillancourt) |
ID Code: | 72276 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 21 |
Deposited By: | Plant Science |
Deposited On: | 2011-08-24 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-01 |
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