依托哀牢山按公里网格布设的20个亚热带常绿阔叶林1 hm^(2)动态样地,选取样地内所有胸径(Diameter at breast height,DBH)≥10 cm的木果柯(Lithocarpus xylocarpus)个体作为研究对象,测量其6个功能性状(叶面积、比叶面积、叶片厚度、叶...依托哀牢山按公里网格布设的20个亚热带常绿阔叶林1 hm^(2)动态样地,选取样地内所有胸径(Diameter at breast height,DBH)≥10 cm的木果柯(Lithocarpus xylocarpus)个体作为研究对象,测量其6个功能性状(叶面积、比叶面积、叶片厚度、叶干物质含量、叶绿素含量和枝条木质密度),利用基于距离矩阵的多元回归解析遗传变异、环境距离、个体发育阶段差异对木果柯功能性状种内变异的相对作用。结果表明:木果柯的功能性状均存在不同程度的种内变异,叶面积变异最大,其次是比叶面积和叶片厚度,木质密度、叶干物质含量和叶绿素含量变异较小;对种内变异程度最大的叶面积来说,个体发育阶段差异的正效应最强,其次是遗传变异,环境距离的正效应最弱;遗传变异对叶绿素含量种内变异的正效应在所有性状中最强,而环境距离对比叶面积的正效应在所有性状中最强。展开更多
Although several methods are available to study the extent of isolation by distance （IBD） among natural populations, comparatively few exist to detect the presence of sharp genetic breaks in genetic distance dataset...Although several methods are available to study the extent of isolation by distance （IBD） among natural populations, comparatively few exist to detect the presence of sharp genetic breaks in genetic distance datasets. In recent years, Monmonier＇s maximum-difference algorithm has been increasingly used by population geneticists. However, this method does not provide means to measure the statistical significance of such barriers, nor to determine their relative contribution to population differentiation with respect to IBD. Here, we propose an approach to assess the significance of genetic boundaries. The method is based on the calculation of a multiple regression from distance matrices, where binary matrices represent putative genetic barriers to test, in addition to geographic and genetic distances. Simulation results suggest that this method reliably detects the presence of genetic barriers, even in situations where IBD is also significant. We also illustrate the methodology by analyzing previously published datasets. Conclusions about the importance of genetic barriers can be misleading if one does not take into consideration their relative contribution to the overall genetic structure of species.展开更多
文摘依托哀牢山按公里网格布设的20个亚热带常绿阔叶林1 hm^(2)动态样地,选取样地内所有胸径(Diameter at breast height,DBH)≥10 cm的木果柯(Lithocarpus xylocarpus)个体作为研究对象,测量其6个功能性状(叶面积、比叶面积、叶片厚度、叶干物质含量、叶绿素含量和枝条木质密度),利用基于距离矩阵的多元回归解析遗传变异、环境距离、个体发育阶段差异对木果柯功能性状种内变异的相对作用。结果表明:木果柯的功能性状均存在不同程度的种内变异,叶面积变异最大,其次是比叶面积和叶片厚度,木质密度、叶干物质含量和叶绿素含量变异较小;对种内变异程度最大的叶面积来说,个体发育阶段差异的正效应最强,其次是遗传变异,环境距离的正效应最弱;遗传变异对叶绿素含量种内变异的正效应在所有性状中最强,而环境距离对比叶面积的正效应在所有性状中最强。
基金supported by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada scholarship and a Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies scholarship to S.R.P.a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada grant to F.-J.L.
文摘Although several methods are available to study the extent of isolation by distance （IBD） among natural populations, comparatively few exist to detect the presence of sharp genetic breaks in genetic distance datasets. In recent years, Monmonier＇s maximum-difference algorithm has been increasingly used by population geneticists. However, this method does not provide means to measure the statistical significance of such barriers, nor to determine their relative contribution to population differentiation with respect to IBD. Here, we propose an approach to assess the significance of genetic boundaries. The method is based on the calculation of a multiple regression from distance matrices, where binary matrices represent putative genetic barriers to test, in addition to geographic and genetic distances. Simulation results suggest that this method reliably detects the presence of genetic barriers, even in situations where IBD is also significant. We also illustrate the methodology by analyzing previously published datasets. Conclusions about the importance of genetic barriers can be misleading if one does not take into consideration their relative contribution to the overall genetic structure of species.
