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Rapid Evolution caused by pollinator loss in mimulus guttatus
Bodbyl-Roels, Sarah Ann Kelly, John K.
Bodbyl-Roels, Sarah Ann
Kelly, John K.
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Anthropogenic perturbations including habitat loss and emerging disease are changing pollinator communities and generating novel selection pressures on plant populations. Disruption of plant–pollinator relationships is predicted to cause plant mating system evolution, although this process has not been directly observed. This study demonstrates the immediate evolutionary effects of pollinator loss within experimental populations of a predominately outcrossing wildflower. Initially equivalent populations evolved for five generations within two pollination treatments: abundant bumblebee pollinators versus no pollinators. The populations without pollinators suffered greatly reduced fitness in early generations but rebounded as they evolved an improved ability to self-fertilize. All populations diverged in floral, developmental, and life-history traits, but only a subset of characters showed clear association with pollination treatment. Pronounced treatment effects were noted for anther–stigma separation and autogamous seed set. Dramatic allele frequency changes at two chromosomal polymorphisms occurred in the no pollinator populations, explaining a large fraction of divergence in pollen viability. The pattern of phenotypic and genetic changes in this experiment favors a sequential model for the evolution of the multitrait “selfing syndrome” observed throughout angiosperms.
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bodbyl Roels, S. A., & Kelly, J. K. (2011). RAPID EVOLUTION CAUSED BY POLLINATOR LOSS IN MIMULUS GUTTATUS. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, 65(9), 2541–2552. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01326.x, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01326.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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2011-09
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Climate change, Evolutionary rescue, Experimental evolution, Mating systems, Pollinators
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Bodbyl Roels, S. A., & Kelly, J. K. (2011). RAPID EVOLUTION CAUSED BY POLLINATOR LOSS IN MIMULUS GUTTATUS. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, 65(9), 2541–2552. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01326.x