title: Comparative mapping among subsection Australes (genus Pinus, family Pinaceae).
abstract: Comparative mapping in conifers has not yet been used to test for small-scale genomic disruptions such as inversions, duplications, and deletions occurring between closely related taxa. Using comparative mapping to probe this smaller scale of inquiry may provide clues about speciation in a phylogenetically problematic taxon, the diploxylon pine subsection Australes (genus Pinus, family Pinaceae). Genetic maps were constructed for two allopatric species of Australes, P. elliottii var. elliottii and P. caribaea var. hondurensis, using microsatellites and an F1 hybrid. A third map was generated directly from the meiotic products of an adult F1 hybrid, eliminating the need for an F2 generation. Numerous small-scale disruptions were detected in addition to synteny and collinearity, and these included (1) map shrinkage, (2) a paracentric inversion, (3) transmission ratio distortion, and (4) mild selection against a parental haplotype. Such cryptic signatures of genomic divergence between closely related interfertile species are useful in elucidating this problematic evolutionary history.
authors.affiliation: CRC Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry, Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia. mervyn.shepherd@scu.edu.au
authors.forename: Mervyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: Claire G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005819:Genetic Markers; D018745:Genome, Plant; D008126:Lod Score; D008540:Meiosis; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D028223:Pinus / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity; D026801:Synteny
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers