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Does maternal environmental condition during reproductive development induce genotypic selection in Picea abies?

L’environnement maternel induit-il une sélection génotypique durant les différents stades de reproduction chez Picea abies?

Annals of Forest Science volume 65, page 109 (2008)Cite this article

Abstract

In forest trees, environmental conditions during reproduction can greatly influence progeny performance. This phenomenon probably results from adaptive phenotypic plasticity but also may be associated with genotypic selection. In order to determine whether selective effects during the reproduction are environment specific, single pair-crosses of Norway spruce were studied in two contrasted maternal environments (warm and cold conditions). One family expressed large and the other small phenotypic differences between these crossing environments. The inheritance of genetic polymorphism was analysed at the seed stage. Four parental genetic maps covering 66 to 78% of the genome were constructed using 190 to 200 loci. After correcting for multiple testing, there is no evidence of locus under strong and repeatable selection. The maternal environment could thus only induce limited genotypic-selection effects during reproductive steps, and performance of progenies may be mainly affected by a long-lasting epigenetic memory regulated by temperature and photoperiod prevailing during seed production.

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Chez les arbres forestiers, les conditions environnementales durant la reproduction peuvent influencer les performances des descendants. Ce phénomène reflète probablement la plasticité phénotypique, mais également il pourrait être associé à une sélection génotypique. Afin de déterminer si des effets sélectifs durant la reproduction sont spécifiques d’un environnement donné, deux familles d’épicéa commun non apparentées ont été obtenues par croisements dirigés dans deux environnements maternels contrastés (conditions chaude et froide). La première famille exprimait de larges différences phénotypiques entre les deux environnements tandis que la seconde ne montrait pas de différence significative. La transmission des polymorphismes génétiques a été étudiée au stade de la graine. Quatre cartes génétiques parentales couvrant 66 à 78 % du génome ont été construites. Aucun effet de sélection n’a été mis en évidence aux différents locus étudiés. L’environnement maternel n’induirait donc que des effets de sélection génotypique relativement faibles durant les stades de la reproduction. Les performances des descendants seraient principalement affectées par une mémoire épigénétique durable régulée par la température et la photopériode régnant durant la production des graines.

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  1. Department of Ecology and Evolution, UNIL, Biophore, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Guillaume Besnard

  2. UMR INRA/UHP 1136 “Tree-Microbe Interactions”, Université H. Poincaré Nancy I, Faculté des Sciences, BP 239, 54506, Vandœuvre-Lès-Nancy, France

    Guillaume Besnard, Virginie Acheré, Sylvain Jeandroz, Patricia Faivre Rampant & Jean-Michel Favre

  3. Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, PO Box 115, 1431, As, Norway

    Øystein Johnsen & Torre Skrøppa

  4. Weihenstephan Center of Life and Food Sciences, Section of Forest Genetics, Technische Universität München, Am Hochanger 13, 85354, Freising, Germany

    Rüdiger Baumann & Gerhard Müller-Starck

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Besnard, G., Acheré, V., Jeandroz, S. et al. Does maternal environmental condition during reproductive development induce genotypic selection in Picea abies?. Ann. For. Sci. 65, 109 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2007081

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