Heterochromatic and cytomolecular diversification in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae): relationships between phylogenetic and cytogeographical data
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2017
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The pantropical Caesalpinia group comprises 27 genera and approximately 205 species. The Neotropical species
of the group are distributed in three main centers of diversity: the Andes, Mesoamerica (including Mexico,
Central America, the southern USA and the Caribbean), and Northeastern Brazil. Our study investigates patterns
of phylogenetic, environmental and geographical variation in an attempt to explain the karyotypic diversity
which occurs within the Caesalpinia group. Cytogenetic analyses were based on chromosome number and
morphology, CMA and DAPI heterochromatic bands, distribution of rDNA sites, and their molecular phylogenetic relationships based on the plastid markers matK, rps16, trnDT, trnL and ycf6 and the nuclear ribosomal
marker ITS. Ecological differentiation among cytotypes was tested by comparing sets of climatic variables. In
total, twenty species from ten genera of the Caesalpinia group were analysed, and all of them were found to have
the same chromosome number (2n = 24). CMA+/DAPI− bands were observed on the short arms of the acrocentric chromosomes in all of the species. Additionally, three different patterns were observed on the metacentric chromosomes: proximal CMA+/DAPI− bands, proximal CMA0
/DAPI− bands and terminal CMA+/
DAPI− bands. The 45S rDNA sites varied from eight to 14, always co-localizing with CMA+/DAPI− bands of
acrocentrics, while 5S rDNA was localized in only a single chromosome pair in most species. A correlation
between heterochromatic patterns and the geographic distributions/ecological niche of species was observed.
Our analyses support some shared effects of the environment, when integrated with phylogeny and geography,
on the CMA/DAPI variability. Thus, CMA+ heterochromatin is highly dynamic and its amplification/deamplification might be non-random, generating similar karyotypes in species which are not sister taxa in the molecular
phylogeny but which co-occur in similar environments
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Molecular phylogeny, Comparative phylogenetic methods, Cytogeography, Heterochromatin
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VAN-LUME, Brena et al. Heterochromatic and cytomolecular diversification in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae): relationships between phylogenetic and cytogeographical data. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, Amsrterdam, v. 29, p. 51-63, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2017.11.004. Disponível em: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1433831917300811. Acesso em: 15 jun. 2023.