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Introgressive zone of Arabidopsis lyrata and A. arenosa in Central Europe
Hojka, Jakub ; Marhold, Karol (advisor) ; Španiel, Stanislav (referee)
Genetic composition of hybrid zones often reflects geographical and ecological gradients. Hybrid zone of Arabidopsis lyrata and A. arenosa in Central Europe can be convenient model system for testing such hypothesis. These are well circumscribed but still interfertile, and their offspring is fully fertile. Besides repeated hybridisation events, the current state is complicated by the autopolyploidisation events of one of the parents, namely A. lyrata, which is present in the area studied both as diploid and tetraploid. This hybrid zone was already described in previous publications, which showed certain gradient of introgression. Moreover, the area of the hybrid zone represents a transition between Alpine and Pannonian climate along an altitudinal gradient leading from the Prealps to the lowland Wienerwald. The current thesis is the as yet most detailed study of this hybrid zone both in respect of number of studied populations and the amount of data acquired using the methods of RAD Sequencing, multivariate morphometrics and flow cytometry. The analysis of genetic data showed a gradient of introgression, where parental populations are placed at opposite ends, whereas genetically intermediate hybrids are placed in its centre. Analysis of the genome size showed an additional gradient, where hybrids...
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Evolutionary and conservation consequences of interspecific hybridization in rare plant species
Vít, Petr ; Suda, Jan (advisor) ; Frajman, Božo (referee) ; Španiel, Stanislav (referee)
3 Summary Hybridization plays an important role in the evolution of vascular plants. It can have both positive and negative consequences, ranging from the origin of new species on the one hand to the extinction of taxa through introgression on the other. These effects may be pronounced in geographically restricted or rare species. The core of this thesis are three case studies addressing interspecific hybridization involving rare angiosperm species. Finally, the thesis is completed with a study considering hybridization as a source of variation and new species. The coexistence of frequent primary hybrids with their parental taxa was revealed in the system comprising the rare species Cerastium alsinifolium and its widespread counterpart C. arvense. The spatial distribution of the endemic species and its habitat preferences were elucidated. In contrast, comparatively rare hybridization events were found in the Nymphaea alba - N. candida complex. Although it has been assumed that water lilies hybridize freely, our karyological data do not support this hypothesis. Hybrids therefore do not present a serious risk to either of these rare species. The third study describes interspecific hybridization in the spore-bearing genus Diphasiastrum. Traditionally, three basic and three hybridogenous species are recognized...
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