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Título: Evolution and conservation genetics of an insular hemiparasitic plant lineage at the limit of survival: the case of Thesium sect. Kunkeliella in the Canary Islands
Autores/as: Rodríguez Rodríguez, Priscila 
de Castro, AGF
Pérez de Paz, P
Curbelo Muñoz, Leticia 
Palomares, A
Mesa, R
Acevedo, A
Sosa Henríquez, Pedro Antonio 
Clasificación UNESCO: 2417 Biología vegetal (botánica)
241714 Genética vegetal
Palabras clave: Endangered species
Endemic
Insular radiation
Microsatellites
Niche conservatism, et al.
Fecha de publicación: 2022
Publicación seriada: American journal of botany 
Resumen: Premise: The diversification of island flora has been widely studied. However, the role of environmental niches in insular radiation processes has been less investigated. We combined population genetic analyses with species distribution modelling to clarify the genetic relationships, diversification patterns, species niche requirements, and conservation of Thesium sect. Kunkeliella, a clade of rare hemiparasitic plants endemic to the Canaries. Methods: We studied the three extant Thesium species and a new taxon from La Palma Island. We developed 12 microsatellites and performed population genetic analysis and studied the demographic history of the group. To evaluate the role of niche conservatism in the diversification of the group, we performed species distribution modelling (ESM) with four algorithms. Results: All species presented moderate genetic diversity values for rare endemics. Thesium canariense (Gran Canaria) showed high differentiation, whereas T. subsucculentum, T. retamoides (Tenerife), and La Palma populations are closely related. The lineage may have undergone a recent diversification with colonization proceeding east to west, with T. canariense as sister to the others. We detected a climatic niche shift, as taxa showed different distributions across the temperature gradient. There is enough evidence to describe La Palma populations as a new species. Conclusions: We characterized the evolutionary history of Thesium sect. Kunkeliella by integrating genetic and ecological assessments. Our results indicate that this clade has undergone a recent radiation process with niche differentiation among species. The results increase our knowledge about insular radiations and will inform the conservation management of the study species.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/115450
ISSN: 0002-9122
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1830
Fuente: American Journal of Botany [ISSN 0002-9122], v. 109(3), p. 419-436
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