Reversal versus specialization in floral morphological evolution in Petrocosmea(Gesneriaceae)  

作　　者：Chao-Qun Li Tian-Feng Lü Meng-Qi Han Yang Dong Peng-Wei Li Yan Liu Yin-Zheng Wang 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany,Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100093,China [2]College of IJfe Sciences,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China [3]Guangxi Institute of Botany,Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region and the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Guilin 541006,Guangxi,China

出　　处：《Journal of Systematics and Evolution》2020年第2期145-158,共14页植物分类学报（英文版）

基　　金：This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31530003 and 31170198).

摘　　要：A widely held hypothesis in evolution is that adaptive specialization constrains the potential direction of future evolutionary change and thus may be irreversible, also known as Dollo's law. However, this hypothesis has long been subject to debate in evolutionary biology. Floral specialization is intriguing as it is usually linked to reproductive isolation and could affect speciation. Here, following the discovery of four new taxa, we observed some interesting phenomena of reversal versus specialization in morphology in a clade with the most specialized flowers in the genus Petrocosmea. In the phylogenetic tree based on sequences of multiple DNA regions, the morphological reversals, especially the regain of a long corolla tube, are nested within the branches characteristic of normally specialized flowers with a short corolla tube and highly specialized zygomorphy. Our results indicate that the highly specialized floral organ of this clade is still actively evolving in multiple branches toward specialization while reversals to different ancestral states occur in some branches. Great disturbance of ecological environment is likely a crucial factor affecting trait reversibility, such as the rapid uplift of the Himalayan–Tibetan plateau. The four new taxa are treated herein taxonomically. The flowers of this clade represent an interesting model to explore the genetic basis underlying the evolutionary reversal versus specialization and the interplay between genetic factors and environmental variables.

关 键 词：COROLLA tube FLORAL symmetry GESNERIACEAE Petrocosmea REVERSE evolution 

分 类 号：Q94[生物学—植物学]