Intraspecific genetic variation underlying postmating reproductive barriers between species in the wild tomato clade (Solanumsect.Lycopersicon)

Author:

Jewell Cathleen P,Zhang Simo,Gibson Matthew J. S.,Tovar-Méndez Alejandro,McClure Bruce,Moyle Leonie C

Abstract

AbstractA goal of speciation genetics is to understand how the genetic components underlying interspecific reproductive barriers originate within species. Unilateral incompatibility (UI) is a postmating prezygotic barrier in which pollen rejection in the female reproductive tract (style) occurs in only one direction of an interspecific cross. Natural variation in the strength of UI has been observed among populations within species in the wild tomato clade. In some cases, molecular loci underlying self-incompatibility (SI) are associated with this variation in UI, but the mechanistic connection between these intra- and inter-specific pollen rejection behaviors is poorly understood in most instances. We generated an F2population between SI and SC genotypes of a single species,Solanum pennellii, to examine the genetic basis of intraspecific variation in the strength of UI against other species, and to determine whether loci underlying SI are genetically associated with this variation. We found that F2individuals vary in the rate at which UI rejection occurs. One large effect QTL detected for this trait co-localized with the SI-determiningS-locus. Moreover, individuals that expressed S-RNase—theS-locus protein involved in SI pollen rejection—in their styles had much more rapid UI responses compared to those without S-RNase protein. Our analysis shows that intraspecific variation at mate choice loci—in this case at loci that prevent self-fertilization—can contribute to variation in the strength of interspecific isolation, including postmating prezygotic barriers. Understanding the nature of such standing variation can provide insight into the accumulation of these barriers between diverging lineages.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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