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<p>The alpine clematis (<i>Clematis alpina</i> L., Ranunculaceae) is a liana growing in mountain regions of northern Eurasia. In the European Alpine region, where the subspecies <i>C. alpina</i> subsp. <i>alpina</i> occurs, a few populations are isolated from the main range in the peripheral north-western Prealps, a relatively understudied but biogeographically important region. It has been shown that such edge populations could potentially contain a source of unique genetic variability that reflects past biogeographical and microevolutionary processes. We tested this hypothesis using sequence capture data and a large population sampling across the species range. We show that individuals from the north-western Prealps form a genetic cluster that is clearly distinct from the other individuals of the European subspecies <i>C. alpina</i> subsp. <i>alpina.</i> This cluster adds to two other geographically driven clusters with a larger spatial extent, that include populations from the rest of the Alps and from the Carpathians/Balkan Peninsula mountains, respectively. Genetic diversity indices such as inbreeding and nucleotide diversity are the highest and lowest, respectively, for the Prealps populations indicating a possible loss of diversity. Our results demonstrate the biogeographical importance of isolated, marginal populations as sources of distinctive lineages, and highlight the conservation value of the north-western Prealps populations of alpine clematis. They also point out the promising use of sequence capture of gene selected for studies at high phylogenetic level for studies at intraspecific level.</p>

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Genetic divergence of Clematis alpina in the Swiss Prealps: a tale of the margins

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    2025年6月5日

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  • Sofia Stefani,
  • Luca Champoud,
  • Laurence Fazan,
  • Michał Ronikier,
  • Mathieu Perret,
  • Gregor Kozlowski,
  • Camille Christe

摘要

The alpine clematis (Clematis alpina L., Ranunculaceae) is a liana growing in mountain regions of northern Eurasia. In the European Alpine region, where the subspecies C. alpina subsp. alpina occurs, a few populations are isolated from the main range in the peripheral north-western Prealps, a relatively understudied but biogeographically important region. It has been shown that such edge populations could potentially contain a source of unique genetic variability that reflects past biogeographical and microevolutionary processes. We tested this hypothesis using sequence capture data and a large population sampling across the species range. We show that individuals from the north-western Prealps form a genetic cluster that is clearly distinct from the other individuals of the European subspecies C. alpina subsp. alpina. This cluster adds to two other geographically driven clusters with a larger spatial extent, that include populations from the rest of the Alps and from the Carpathians/Balkan Peninsula mountains, respectively. Genetic diversity indices such as inbreeding and nucleotide diversity are the highest and lowest, respectively, for the Prealps populations indicating a possible loss of diversity. Our results demonstrate the biogeographical importance of isolated, marginal populations as sources of distinctive lineages, and highlight the conservation value of the north-western Prealps populations of alpine clematis. They also point out the promising use of sequence capture of gene selected for studies at high phylogenetic level for studies at intraspecific level.