We did not observe obvious examples of uncoupling between the flower colour hue and flower tube morphology, with an exception of the pink coloured I. The relative rarity of the colour variants in I. Gene flow can explain the occurrence of I. It is possible that both I.
Alternatively, genetic recombination could have separated critical regulatory cis -elements from the coding gene regions studied here, as in Antirrhinum majus model where recombination can separate downstream regulatory enhancer and coding regions in a gene with a key role in gene flow barrier The idea of the interspecific flow acting in concert with genetic drift is supported by the phenotypic analysis of flower and leaf traits. The presence of the flower colour intensity locus as in Phlox drummondii flower colour model 69 can explain the pink, low intensity red, I.
Introgressive adaptation, genetic, and demographic rescues are considered as beneficial consequences of interspecific hybridization for the species.
From the ecological perspective, both ecosystems modeling and field studies , demonstrated that intraspecific genetic variation could play a key role in structuring ecological plant-herbivore networks, which may, in turn, affect network persistence at a face of extrinsic and environmental ecological changes.
We show intraspecific variation in geometry of plant reproductive organs, flower shape, size, which could impact the reproductive success of individuals, e. Plants can respond very fast, within a few generations, to a change in pollinators Thus, the current, probably stochastic, flower geometry and colour variation has a deterministic potential for adaptation to the changing environments and contrasting selective pressures imposed by the evolving pollinators and herbivores communities.
Amazon canga savannahs comprise species of seed plants Ipomoea cavalcantei 59 is only known from five cangas, N1 to N5 62 , 63 , that collectively measure about 20 km 2. The closely related species I. Cangas can be subdivided into microhabitats, such as grasslands, exposed iron lateritic rocks, shrubby vegetation, small wetlands In shrubby habitats, both species are vines that often reach the canopy up to 6 meters to display their flowers.
In open habitats, plant stems are short and erect, i. Flower limbs of I. In contrast, I. Post- anthesis, flowers can shed at an abscission zone in the peduncle, most commonly if not fertilized, in both species. We assumed that most of the deviations in flower colour can be underpinned by low-frequency recessive alleles and that homozygous plants showing phenotype will be relatively rare.
In the field screening, therefore, we intended to cover the maximal areas of cangas to identify colour variants, i.
To minimize the damage to the ecosystem in dense shrubby habitats and canga-forest boundaries, we visually scanned the vegetation canopy from the roads or paths laid down by geological surveys in preceding decades. The machete-assisted entries into those habitats were made to access the individual with unusual colour flowers. To characterize standing phenotypic variation, individuals growing at least 5 meters apart were sampled at several sites per canga Supplementary Table S1.
For flower size and shape measurements, a single flower per individual was collected; sepals, anthers, and styles were removed. Intact flower corollas or dissected flowers were photographed from the front and the side next to a ruler. Digital flower images were used for trait measurements. The sample sizes are summarized in Supplementary Table S2.
Fifteen anatomical landmarks were manually marked using the software tpsDig v. From the obtained values, a covariance matrix was calculated, which was used to calculate a principal components analysis in order to visualize the variation of form among the studied groups. The scatterplots of the first two main components were used to observe variation of the shape of the species in the morphospace.
The effects of allometry were calculated through multivariate regression analysis , procrustes residues being the dependent variables, and the size of the centroid, the independent variable A permutation test 10, cycles was performed concomitantly with multivariate regression analysis as a test of significance The corolla diameter and the diameter of the tube opening were measured in frontal view, and in lateral view the length of the corolla tube and the angle formed by the petals using software ImageJ v.
The tube length of the flowers was measured from the base of the tube to the opening of the petals. The angle was measured between the tube and the floral limb.
To characterize reproductive organ geometry, distances from the stigma to the distal tip of the longest stamen herkogamy and from stigma to the plane of the flower throat were measured. For each linear and angle measurement, a Shapiro-Wilk test was performed to test the normality of the distribution.
A Kruskal-Wallis test was performed to verify if there was a difference between the means of measurements between flowers from different cangas, with Wilcoxon post-hoc test. All statistical analyses were performed with software R v. The graphs were generated with the help of the package ggplot2 To understand whether species can produce seeds after self-pollination in the wild, we removed flowers at anthesis and developing fruits from the flower-bearing shoots, leaving at least ten flowers buds.
Shoots were bagged with a nylon mosquito-proof mesh. Bags were tied at the bottom around the stems. Two months later, the bags were collected to count abscised flowers and to assess fruit set. The reproductive mode of the species and cross-fertility of individuals was also studied using controlled pollinations. All mothers in controlled pollinations were from ex situ collection. Since plants were maintained outdoors, flowers had to be isolated with cheesecloth bags.
Flower buds at 1—2 days before anthesis were emasculated, covered by a bag which was sealed with a tread around flower peduncle. At anthesis, bags were cut-open at the top, pollen was deposited on stigmas using ethanol-sterilized forceps, and bags re-sealed.
Pollen donors were either from ex situ collection or from canga residents. To avoid pollen contamination, anthers were taken only from either bag-isolated flowers, or from flowers that developed from harvested flower buds one to two days before anthesis; the latter kept on the water in an insect-free herbarium room of VALE Zoobotanical park.
The stigma receptivity window was not studied here. Pollination events were considered as failed when bagged flowers abscised within a week. Pollen viability staining was performed using anthers from flower buds one day before anthesis. Seed viability was tested by germination and seedling growth under controlled environment in growth chambers. A seed was considered as viable only if germinated seedling developed more than three fully expanded true leaves, i. Approximately man-hours of field studies were dedicated for observations, still and digital video recordings of flower visitor communities, both illegitimate and legitimate, in cangas N6 and N8 allopatric I.
We collected alien honeybees for the race identification, which was carried out as detailed in Supplementary Fig. We did not engage in field work at dawn and late night, thus nocturnal pollinator groups such as nectarivorous bats and species-rich moth were not followed. For gene allele frequencies analyses, the sampling of I.
For I. Additional DNA samples were sequences to analyse progeny plants for reproductive mode. DNA sequence dataset was prepared as previously described To analyse population genetic structure and gene flow between the species, we sequenced parts of 10 nuclear genes. Because of the blue-to-red flower colour shift, six genes in our dataset were likely orthologs of the Ipomoea Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway ABP genes genetically and biochemically characterized in Japanese morning glory I.
Next, we have chosen to analyse three genes for the twelve-subunit RNA polymerase II that is at the central core of eukaryotic genomes transcription Besides divergence in the encoded sequences of amino acid residues, the major difference between the RPB2—1 and RPB2—2 duplicated genes is a reduction in a number of introns in RPB2—2.
The tenth gene was granule-bound starch synthase WAXY that plays a housekeeping role in carbohydrate metabolism and has been a popular gene in phylogenetic studies of Ipomoea A high-quality sequence from I.
Sequence mismatches and ambiguities were scored in excel files as polymorphic sites. To build haplotype networks, we used the software suite PopArt v. Twenty replicate runs were conducted for every value of K between 1 and 5, with a burn-in of Plants were considered F1 hybrids when Q values ranged between 0.
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Pollinator-mediated evolution of floral signals. The temporal isolation occurs when the populations breed in different time periods or breeding seasons. Therefore, no interbreeding may occur between the two types of frogs. The behavioral isolation is the presence of different courtship rituals such as breeding calls and mating dances that prevent the interbreeding.
Geographical Isolation: Geographical isolation is the separation of two populations by a physical barrier. Reproductive Isolation: Reproductive isolation is the separation of two populations in such a way they cannot interbreed and produce a fertile offspring due to environmental, mechanical, physiological or behavioral barriers. Geographical Isolation: The geographical isolation is caused by the geographical barriers. Reproductive Isolation: The reproductive isolation is caused by the behavioral barriers, temporal barriers, and the geographical barriers.
Geographical Isolation: The geographical isolation is a form of reproductive isolation. Reproductive Isolation: The reproductive isolation is the major cause of the speciation. Reproductive Isolation: The temporal isolation of red-legged and yellow-legged frogs, mechanical isolation of snails with right-coiling shells and snails with left-coiling shells are examples of reproductive isolation. Geographical and reproductive isolation are two types of mechanisms that lead to speciation.
Geographical isolation leads to allopatric speciation through adaptive radiation. Mechanical isolation - results from differences in size and shape. For example, the sex organs would be incompatible in terms of size i. For example, consider the time of day when Evening primrose or Morning glory flowers.
The Western spotted skunk mates late summer, whereas the eastern spotted skunk mates in late winter. Ecological isolation - within an area, species occupy different habitats, thus they don't have opportunity to reproduce. Geographic isolation - live in different areas B.
Post-zygotic Barriers. These prevent hybrid from from developing into adult, mating or producing fertile offspring. Hybrid inviability - the hybrid doesn't survive. Hybrid infertility - the hybrid is sterile. UC Berkeley. Geographic isolation In the fruit fly example, some fruit fly larvae were washed up on an island, and speciation started because populations were prevented from interbreeding by geographic isolation.
Scientists think that geographic isolation is a common way for the process of speciation to begin: rivers change course, mountains rise, continents drift, organisms migrate, and what was once a continuous population is divided into two or more smaller populations. Reduction of gene flow However, speciation might also happen in a population with no specific extrinsic barrier to gene flow.
Imagine a situation in which a population extends over a broad geographic range, and mating throughout the population is not random. Individuals in the far west would have zero chance of mating with individuals in the far eastern end of the range.
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