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Kissling, Jonathan

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Kissling, Jonathan
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jonathan.kissling@unine.ch
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https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/334
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  • Publication
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    Ancestral and monophyletic presence of diplostigmaty in Sebaea (Gentianaceae) and its potential role as a morphological mixed mating strategy
    (2009)
    Kissling, Jonathan 
    ;
    Endress, Peter K.
    ;
    Bernasconi, Giorgina
    • Diplostigmaty, the presence of a primary (apical) stigma and secondary (mid-stylar) stigmas along the style, is only known from the genus Sebaea (Gentianaceae). Early work indicated that the secondary stigmas provide a mechanism of autogamy, suggesting that it might ensure reproductive assurance.
    • Here, we test the monophyly of this unique morphological trait. Using Bayesian methods, we infer a nuclear DNA phylogeny for 96 accessions, including c. 50% of the species from the genus Sebaea. With this phylogeny, we infer the distribution of ancestral states on critical nodes using parsimony and likelihood methods.
    • The inferred nrDNA phylogeny shows that the genus Sebaea is divided in two statistically well-supported clades, A and B, consistent with recent estimates. The most recent ancestor (MRCA) of clade A, except the most basal species (Sebaea pusilla), is resolved as diplostigmatic. No reversal to a single stigma is observed within this clade.
    • We suggest that diplostigmaty is evolutionarily stable through time. We also discuss why this reproductive system is not found elsewhere than in Gentianaceae and the potential advantage of diplostigmaty as a stable mixed mating strategy.