Název: (A)sexual Life of Liverworts
Překlad názvu: (A)sexual Life of Liverworts
Autoři: HOLÁ, Eva
Typ dokumentu: Disertační práce
Rok: 2015
Jazyk: cze
Abstrakt: This thesis comprises of two published papers and one accepted manuscript, focused on various aspects of liverwort reproduction. Treated aspects include patterns of asexual reproduction, sex ratio and sex-specic pattern in vegetative growth, and patterns of genetic variation and spatial genetic structure of populations differing in availability of substrate on localities and the population connectivity, and consequently in size, density, and prevailing reproductive mode. These characteristics were studied on representatives of the family Scapaniaceae s.l., belonging to the largest liverwort order Jungermanniales. The results showed that asexual propagules were formed and present in course of the whole growing season and can be considered as a sufficient substitution for sexual reproduction. In contrast with the female-biased sex ratio observed earlier in most dioicous bryophytes, unexpectedly high male-biased sex ratio was observed in the aquatic liverwort, which was speculated to represent a strategy to overcome sperm dilution in aquatic environment. In addition, no size differences between female and male shoots were detected, although the evidence for higher cost of sexual reproduction in females was found. The study of population genetic structure has shown that even small and predominantly asexually reproducing populations are important sources of genetic variation. However, we were able to demonstrate notably low levels of gene flow among populations where habitat fragmentation poses a significant barrier to dispersal of diaspores. The fine scale study of spatial genetic structure revealed a strong aggregation of genotypes, particularly in smaller populations, and at the same time showed that asexual reproduction is an efficient mean of maintaining the populations at not only the short distances, given the spatial extent of clones spanning dozens of meters.
Klíčová slova: asexual reproduction; genetic variation; liverworts; sex-ratio
Citace: HOLÁ, Eva. (A)sexual Life of Liverworts. České Budějovice, 2015. disertační práce (Ph.D.). JIHOČESKÁ UNIVERZITA V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH. Přírodovědecká fakulta

Instituce: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích (web)
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