| Title: | "Floral trait differentiation in Anacamptis coriophora: Phenotypic selection on scents, but not on colour" |
| Author(s): | Joffard N; Le Ronce I; Langlois A; Renoult J; Buatois B; Dormont L; Schatz B; |
| Address: | "Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, EPHE-PSL, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, Univ. Paul Valery Montpellier 3, IRD, Montpellier, France. Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum (EBC), Uppsala, Sweden. Departement de biologie, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Lyon, France. Universite Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1420-9101 (Electronic) 1010-061X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Current divergent selection may promote floral trait differentiation among conspecific populations in flowering plants. However, whether this applies to complex traits such as colour or scents has been little studied, even though these traits often vary within species. In this study, we compared floral colour and odour as well as selective pressures imposed upon these traits among seven populations belonging to three subspecies of the widespread, generalist orchid Anacamptis coriophora. Colour was characterized using calibrated photographs, and scents were sampled using dynamic headspace extraction and analysed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. We then quantified phenotypic selection exerted on these traits by regressing fruit set values on floral trait values. We showed that the three studied subspecies were characterized by different floral colour and odour, with one of the two predominant floral volatiles emitted by each subspecies being taxon-specific. Plant size was positively correlated with fruit set in most populations, whereas we found no apparent link between floral colour and female reproductive success. We detected positive selection on several taxon-specific compounds in A. coriophora subsp. fragrans, whereas no selection was found on floral volatiles of A. coriophora subsp. coriophora and A. coriophora subsp. martrinii. This study is one of the first to document variation in phenotypic selection exerted on floral scents among conspecific populations. Our results suggest that selection could contribute to ongoing chemical divergence among A. coriophora subspecies" |
| Keywords: | Anacamptis coriophora floral colour floral scents phenotypic selection pollination; |
| Notes: | "PublisherJoffard, Nina Le Ronce, Iris Langlois, Alban Renoult, Julien Buatois, Bruno Dormont, Laurent Schatz, Bertrand eng ANR-14-CE02-0012/Agence Nationale de la Recherche/ Hautes Ecoles Sorbonne Arts et Metiers (HESAM) Universite/ Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/ Switzerland 2020/06/06 J Evol Biol. 2020 Jun 5. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13657" |
