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The evolutionary ecology of plant reproductive diversity and floral signals : Mating system and floral scent in Arabis alpina

In English

Författare

  • Hampus Petrén

Summary, in English

Flowering plants display an extraordinary floral- and reproductive diversity. Variation in the size, shape, colour and scent of flowers, and in systems and strategies of mating, is ubiquitous in comparisons of different species, but also exists among different conspecific populations. Diversity in these characters is central to the evolution of flowering plants and the formation of new species. In this thesis, I use the arctic-alpine plant Arabis alpina to explore various causes of intraspecific variation in floral scent, and consequences of evolutionary shifts in plant mating system. By combining experiments in the greenhouse, genomic data and studies in the field, I examine how mating system, natural selection, genetic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity shape intraspecific floral scent variation, and investigate the impact of mating system shifts for the build-up of reproductive isolation. Comparing the floral scent of different A. alpina populations distributed across Europe, I found that self-compatible populations had a lower floral scent emission rate and partly different scent composition compared to self-incompatible populations. For both self-compatible and self-incompatible populations, there was limited phenotypic plasticity in floral scent, with some effect of nutrient availability, but not of water availability, on scent emission rates. Comparing the genomic and phenotypic differentiation among self-incompatible populations, it was evident that closely related populations could differ considerably in floral scent. Estimating selection on floral scent, I found some evidence that patterns of selection differed between populations. By crossing plants from self-compatible populations with plants from self-incompatible populations, I found considerable reproductive isolation, consistent with parental conflict over seed provisioning being higher in self-incompatible than in self-compatible populations. Taken together, the results of my thesis reveal some of the complex patterns behind floral scent diversification, and demonstrate the importance of mating system shifts for the evolution of floral signalling and reproductive isolation among flowering plants.

Publiceringsår

2020-11-03

Språk

Engelska

Dokumenttyp

Doktorsavhandling

Förlag

Lund University

Ämne

  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology

Nyckelord

  • Arabis alpina
  • floral scent
  • intraspecific variation
  • mating system
  • parental conflict
  • phenotypic plasticity
  • phenotypic selection
  • reproductive isolation
  • speciation
  • volatile organic compound (VOC)

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Interaction-driven diversification of Arabis alpina

Forskningsgrupp

  • Speciation, Adaptation and Coevolution

Handledare

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISBN: 978-91-7895-683-8
  • ISBN: 978-91-7895-682-1

Försvarsdatum

4 december 2020

Försvarstid

09:00

Försvarsplats

Blå Hallen, Ekologihuset, Lund. Join via zoom: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/67688647610?pwd=MC9vakdVQ3VqU3lZRSt0TkRDMGVqdz09 Passcode: 392257

Opponent

  • Scott Armbruster (Professor)