Resolving the northern hemisphere source region for the long-distance dispersal event that gave rise to the South American endemic dung moss Tetraplodon fuegianus

Lewis, Lily R.; Biersma, Elisabeth M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9877-2177; Carey, Sarah B.; Holsinger, Kent; McDaniel, Stuart F.; Rozzi, Ricardo; Goffinet, Bernard. 2017 Resolving the northern hemisphere source region for the long-distance dispersal event that gave rise to the South American endemic dung moss Tetraplodon fuegianus. American Journal of Botany, 104 (11). 1651-1659. 10.3732/ajb.1700144

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Abstract/Summary

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: American bipolar plant distributions characterize taxa at various taxonomic ranks but are most common in the bryophytes at infraspecific and infrageneric levels. A previous study on the bipolar disjunction in the dung moss genus Tetraplodon found that direct long-distance dispersal from North to South in the Miocene–Pleistocene accounted for the origin of the Southern American endemic Tetraplodon fuegianus, congruent with other molecular studies on bipolar bryophytes. The previous study, however, remained inconclusive regarding a specific northern hemisphere source region for the transequatorial dispersal event that gave rise to T. fuegianus. METHODS: To estimate spatial genetic structure and phylogeographic relationships within the bipolar lineage of Tetraplodon, which includes T. fuegianus, we analyzed thousands of restriction-site-associated DNA (RADseq) loci and single nucleotide polymorphisms using Bayesian individual assignment and maximum likelihood and coalescent model based phylogenetic approaches. KEY RESULTS: Northwestern North America is the most likely source of the recent ancestor to T. fuegianus. CONCLUSIONS: Tetraplodon fuegianus, which marks the southernmost populations in the bipolar lineage of Tetraplodon, arose following a single long-distance dispersal event involving a T. mnioides lineage that is now rare in the northern hemisphere and potentially restricted to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Furthermore, gene flow between sympatric lineages of Tetraplodon mnioides in the northern hemisphere is limited, possibly due to high rates of selfing or reproductive isolation.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.3732/ajb.1700144
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > BAS Programmes 2015 > Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation
Additional Keywords:	amphitropical, Bryopsida, RADseq, splachnaceae
Date made live:	14 Dec 2017 14:02 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516944

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.3732/ajb.1700144

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > BAS Programmes 2015 > Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation

Additional Keywords:

amphitropical, Bryopsida, RADseq, splachnaceae

Date made live:

14 Dec 2017 14:02 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516944