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The naphthoquinol oxidizing cytochrome bc1 complex of the hyperthermophilic knallgasbacterium Aquifex aeolicus: properties and phylogenetic relationships.

Phylogenetic analysis of constituent proteins of Rieske/cytochrome b complexes [Schütz et al. (2000) J. Mol. Biol. 300, 663-675] indicated that the respective enzyme from the hyperthermophile Aquifex (A.) aeolicus is closely related to proteobacterial counterparts, in disagreement with positioning of its parent species on small subunit rRNA trees. An assessment of the details and possible reasons for this discrepancy necessitates a thorough understanding of the biochemical and biophysical properties of the enzyme in addition to the bioinformatic data. The cytochrome bc(1) complex from A. aeolicus, which is part of the "Knallgasreaction" pathway, was therefore studied in membranes and in detergent-solubilized, isolated complex. Hemes b(L) (E(m,7) = -190 mV; g(z)= 3.7), b(H) (E(m,7) = -60 mV; g(z )= 3.45), and c(1) (E(m,7) = +160 mV; g(z )= 3.55) were identified by EPR and optical spectroscopy in combination with electrochemical methods. Two electrochemically distinct (E(m,7) = +95 mV; E(m,7) = +210 mV) Rieske centers were detected in membranes, and the +210 mV species was shown to correspond to the Rieske center of the cyt bc(1) complex. The gene coding for this latter Rieske protein was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, and the resulting protein was characterized in detail. The pool quinone of A. aeolicus was determined to be naphthoquinone. The redox poises of the individual electron-transfer steps are compared to those of other Rieske/cyt b complexes. The Aquifex enzyme was found to represent the only extant naphthoquinol oxidizing true cyt bc(1) complex described so far. An improved scenario for the phylogenetic positioning of the Aquifex cyt bc(1) complex is proposed.

Ascorbic Acid↗

Chromosomal analysis and phylogenetic relationships in the Drosophila nasuta subgroup. I. Phylogenetic relationships within the Drosophila sulfurigaster species complex.

Phylogenetic relationships within the Drosophila sulfurigaster species-complex, which belongs to the D. nasuta subgroup, were investigated on the basis of chromosomal constitution and morphology. D. pulaua is thought to be the most ancestral species, from which D. s. sulfurigaster and D. s. bilimbata derived in one branch and D. s. albostrigata and D. s. neonasuta in another branch.

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Mitochondrial DNA sequences of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): phylogenetic relationships.

The phylogenetic relationships among 18 species of Triatominae were inferred based on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences. The species of Triatoma included 11 belonging to the infestans complex [T. infestans (Klug), T. guasayana Wygodzinsky & Abalos, T. sordida (Stål), T. platensis Neiva, T. brasiliensis Neiva, T. rubrovaria (Blanchard), T. vitticeps (Stål), T. delpontei Romaña & Abalos, T. maculata (Erichson), T. patagonica Del Ponte, and T. matogrossensis Leite & Barbosa] and four others of the same genus but of different complexes [T. circummaculata (Stål), T. protracta (Uhler), T. dimidiata (Latreille), and T. mazzottii Usinger]. As possible outgroups we used Mepraia spinolai Mazza, Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister), and Rhodnius prolixus Stål. We analyzed mtDNA fragments of the 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA genes from each of the 18 species, as well as of the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene from nine. The 12S, 16S, and COI gene sequences were analyzed individually and combined. All of the phylogenetic analyses unambiguously supported two clusters: one including T. infestans, T. platensis, and T. delpontei, and the other T. sordida and T. mutagrossensis. Inclusion of T. circummaculata into the infestans complex was confirmed, although this is in disagreement with the morphological classification. On the other hand, our analyses showed that T. dimidiata is closely related to a phylosoma complex species, T. mazzottii. This is consistent with the tentative classification previously made based on morphological characters. The issue of the monophyly of the genus Triatoma remains unresolved.

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[Phylogenetic relationship of street rabies virus strains and their antigenic reactivity with antibodies induced by vaccine strains. I. Analysis of phylogenetic relationship of street rabies virus strains isolated in Poland].

The aims of these studies were: genetic characteristic of street rabies virus strains isolated from different animal species in Poland and determination of phylogenetic relationships to reference laboratory strains of the street rabies viruses belonging to genotype 1 and 5. The variability of rabies isolates and their phylogenetic relationship were studied by comparing the nucleotide sequence of the virus genome fragment. The Polish strains of genotype 1 belong to four phylogenetic groups (NE, CE, NEE, EE) corresponding to four variants: fox-racoon dog (F-RD); European fox 1 (F1); European fox 2 (F2) and European fox 3 (F3). On the Polish territories there are no rabies strains representing the variant dog-wolf and typical for arctic fox variant. The similarity of nucleotide and amino acid sequences of street rabies strains belonging to genotype 1 and laboratory strain CVS is very high. It is about 91% similarity at nucleotide level and 95% at amino acid level. Rabies strain CVS is similar to genotype 5 bat strains (EBL 1) only in about 69% and 74% at nucleotide and amino acid level, respectively. The genetic divergence of rabies strains circulating in Poland raised the need of permanent epidemiological and virological surveillance. The genotype and variant of isolated strains should be determined (using PCR and RLFP methods).

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Refuting phylogenetic relationships.

BACKGROUND: Phylogenetic methods are philosophically grounded, and so can be philosophically biased in ways that limit explanatory power. This constitutes an important methodologic dimension not often taken into account. Here we address this dimension in the context of concatenation approaches to phylogeny. RESULTS: We discuss some of the limits of a methodology restricted to verificationism, the philosophy on which gene concatenation practices generally rely. As an alternative, we describe a software which identifies and focuses on impossible or refuted relationships, through a simple analysis of bootstrap bipartitions, followed by multivariate statistical analyses. We show how refuting phylogenetic relationships could in principle facilitate systematics. We also apply our method to the study of two complex phylogenies: the phylogeny of the archaea and the phylogeny of the core of genes shared by all life forms. While many groups are rejected, our results left open a possible proximity of N. equitans and the Methanopyrales, of the Archaea and the Cyanobacteria, and as well the possible grouping of the Methanobacteriales/Methanoccocales and Thermosplasmatales, of the Spirochaetes and the Actinobacteria and of the Proteobacteria and firmicutes. CONCLUSION: It is sometimes easier (and preferable) to decide which species do not group together than which ones do. When possible topologies are limited, identifying local relationships that are rejected may be a useful alternative to classical concatenation approaches aiming to find a globally resolved tree on the basis of weak phylogenetic markers. REVIEWERS: This article was reviewed by Mark Ragan, Eugene V Koonin and J Peter Gogarten.

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Using AFLP to resolve phylogenetic relationships in a morphologically diversified plant species complex when nuclear and chloroplast sequences fail to reveal variability.

Inferring phylogenetic relationships among closely related plant species is often difficult due to the lack of molecular markers exhibiting enough nucleotide variability at this taxonomic level. Moreover, gene tree does not necessary represent the true species tree because of random sorting of polymorphic alleles in different lineages. A solution to these problems is to use many amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) distributed throughout the whole genome, to infer cladistic and phenetic among-species relationships. Phylogenetic relationships among interfertile species of Trollius L. (Ranunculaceae) were investigated using nuclear DNA (ITS1+5.8S rRNA+ITS2) and chloroplast DNA (trnL intron and trnL-trnF intergene spacer) sequences, and AFLP markers. ITS sequences were not informative at the intrageneric level, but confirmed the sister relationship between Trollius and Adonis genera, and provided new information on the phylogenetic relationships among five Ranunculaceae genera. Chloroplast DNA was more informative among Trollius species, but not consistent with the sections previously described. AFLP proved to be a powerful tool to resolve the complex genetic relationships between the morphological entities constituting the genus Trollius. Although as much as 76.1% of the total AFLP variability was found within a priori defined morphological groups, the remaining 23.9% variability differentiating groups was sufficient to generate congruent and robust cladistic and phenetic trees. Several morphological traits, independent from those used to define groups, were mapped onto the molecular phylogeny, and their evolution discussed in relation to the absence/presence of pollinator-seed parasite Chiastocheta flies.

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rbcL sequence divergence and phylogenetic relationships in Saxifragaceae sensu lato.

Phylogenetic relationships are often poorly understood at higher taxonomic levels (family and above) despite intensive morphological analysis. An excellent example is Saxifragaceae sensu lato, which represents one of the major phylogenetic problems in angiosperms at higher taxonomic levels. As originally defined, the family is a heterogeneous assemblage of herbaceous and woody taxa comprising 15 subfamilies. Although more recent classifications fundamentally modified this scheme, little agreement exists regarding the circumscription, taxonomic rank, or relationships of these subfamilies. The recurrent discrepancies in taxonomic treatments of the Saxifragaceae prompted an investigation of the power of chloroplast gene sequences to resolve phylogenetic relationships within this family and between the Saxifragaceae and other major plant lineages. Sequence data from the gene rbcL (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase, large subunit) reveal that (i) Saxifragaceae sensu lato is at least paraphyletic, and probably polyphyletic, (ii) the genera Parnassia and Brexia are only distantly related to other members of Saxifragaceae, and (iii) representatives of the Solanaceae (subclass Asteridae) appear more closely related to Saxifragaceae (subclass Rosidase) than traditionally maintained. These data illustrate the value of chloroplast gene sequence data in resolving genetic, and hence phylogenetic, relationships among members of the most taxonomically complex groups.

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[Mitochondrial DNA sequence evolution and phylogenetic relationships of gibbons].

The phylogenetic relationships of gibbons are still open questions. We have sequenced a mitochondrial cytochrome b gene fragment from Hylobates hoolock, H. concolor, H. lar and H. syndactylus. Combined with the sequences from Garza and Woodruff (1992), we have constructed a comprehensive phylogenetic tree of the gibbons using the maximum-parsimony analysis. Our results suggested that the gibbons should be divided into four groups: (1) hoolock, (2) syndactylus, (3) agilis, lar, muelleri and klossi, and (4) concolor, which correspond to the four morphological subgenera. There are at least four distinct clades in the concolor population, which indicates that the concolor may be divided into at least four species. Therefore, those four clades should be managed separately with the same conservation effort.

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Molecular evolution of viral fusion and matrix protein genes and phylogenetic relationships among the Paramyxoviridae.

Phylogenetic relationships among the Paramyxoviridae, a broad family of viruses whose members cause devastating diseases of wildlife, livestock, and humans, were examined with both fusion (F) and matrix (M) protein-coding sequences. Neighbor-joining trees of F and M protein sequences showed that the Paramyxoviridae was divided into the two traditionally recognized subfamilies, the Paramyxovirinae and the Pneumovirinae. Within the Paramyxovirinae, the results also showed groups corresponding to three currently recognized genera: Respirovirus, Morbillivirus, and Rubulavirus. The relationships among the three genera of the Paramyxovirinae were resolved with M protein sequences and there was significant bootstrap support (100%) showing that members of the genus Respirovirus and the genus Morbillivirus were more closely related to each other than to members of the genus Rubulavirus. Both F and M phylogenies showed that Newcastle disease virus (NDV) was more closely related to the genus Rubulavirus than to the other two genera but were consistent with the proposal (B. S. Seal et al., 2000, Virus Res. 66, 1-11) that NDV be classified as a separate genus within the Paramyxovirinae. Both F and M phylogenies were also consistent with the proposal (L. Wang et al., 2000, J. Virol 74, 9972-9979) that Hendra virus be classified as a new genus closely related and basal to the genus Morbillivirus. Rinderpest was most closely related to measles and a more derived virus than to canine distemper virus, phocine distemper virus, or dolphin morbillivirus.

Databases, Nucleic Acid↗

Nucleotide sequences of immunoglobulin-epsilon pseudogenes in man and apes and their phylogenetic relationships.

To understand the phylogenetic relationships between hominoids, the nucleotide sequences of immunoglobulin-epsilon processed pseudogenes from chimpanzee, gorilla and orangutan were determined. The basic structures of these processed pseudogenes agreed with their human counterpart. Although the degrees of nucleotide differences between man and the African apes had no statistical significance, all the analytical data examined supported the theory that chimpanzee is the closest relative of man. This result was consistent with that deduced by our recent qualitative study. Studies on the nucleotide sequences of globin genes have suggested that the molecular clock runs more slowly in hominoids than in non-hominoid primates. According to the present data, however, further retardation of the evolutionary rate was not observed in the human lineage. Assuming that orangutan diverged 14 million years ago and that the evolutionary rate between the orangutan lineage and the lineage leading to the other three species is constant, the divergence dates of chimpanzee and gorilla were estimated to be 4.9(+/- 0.9) and 5.9(+/- 0.9) million years ago, respectively.

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[Sequence variation of mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and phylogenetic relationships among twelve species of Charadriiformes].

Studies of the phylogenetic relationships of the Charadriiformes have been largely based on conservative morphological characters. During the past 10 years, many studies on the evolutionary biology of birds adopted phylogenetic information obtained from mitochondrial DNA, but few work on the Charadriiformes has been reported to date. Therefore, phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Charadriiformes remains controversial. In this study, we try to shed light on these relationships via DNA sequence analysis of the mitochondrial Cyt b gene in 12 species of Charadriiformes. It was a preliminary study of the origin and evolution of the species by using nucleotide sequence data. Using the well-known PCR techniques, the complete mitochondrial Cyt b gene sequences were amplified and sequenced respectively from Charadrius mongolus, Charadrius alexandrinus, Numenius madagascariensis, Numenius arquat, Numenius phaeopus, Tringa totanus, Tringa glareola, Xenus cineres, Arenaria interpres, Calidris tenuirostris, Recurvirostra avosetts and Haematopus ostralensis. The 1143 bp long DNA sequences of the gene from these species were obtained, in which 381 variable sites were identified without insertions or deletions. The nucleic acid sequence variation of the mitochondrial Cyt b gene was 5.16%-16.01% among these species. Phylogenetic trees constructed using the NJ method, MP method and ML method with Ciconia ciconia as the outgroup indicate that the 12 species of Charadriiformes examined in this study are clustered in two major clades. The first clade includes T. totanus, T. glareola, A. interpres, C. tenuirostris, X. cineres, N. madagascariensis, N. arquata and N. phaeopus. The second one includes C. mongolus, C. alexandrinus, R. avosetts and H. ostralensis. Our molecular data show that the phylogenetic relationships among species of Scolopacidae are consistent with the classification based on morphological studies; R. avosetts and H. ostralensis are relatively closer, and form a sister group, and then form paraphyletic group with a sister group which comprised of C. mongolus and C. alexandrinus. The results support Sibley's opinion of assigning R. avosetts and H. ostralensis which form Recurvirostrinae as a taxon of the Charadriidae, and the Charadriidae dividing into two subfamilies: Recurvirostrinae and Charadriinae respectively.

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Phylogenetic relationships of the Acanthocephala inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA sequences.

Phylogenetic relationships within the Acanthocephala have remained unresolved. Past systematic efforts have focused on creating classifications with little consideration of phylogenetic methods. The Acanthocephala are currently divided into three major taxonomic groups: Archiacanthocephala, Palaeacanthocephala, and Eoacanthocephala. These groups are characterized by structural features in addition to the taxonomy and habitat of hosts parasitized. In this study the phylogenetic relationships of 11 acanthocephalan species are examined with 18S rDNA sequences. Maximum parsimony, minimum evolution, and maximum likelihood methods are used to estimate phylogenetic relationships. Within the context of sampled taxa, all phylogenetic analyses are consistent with monophyly of the major taxonomic groups of the Acanthocephala, suggesting that the current higher order classification is natural. The molecular phylogeny is used to examine patterns of character evolution for various structural and ecological characteristics of the Acanthocephala. Arthropod intermediate host distributions, when mapped on the phylogeny, are consistent with monophyletic groups of acanthocephalans. Vertebrate definitive host distributions among the Acanthocephala display independent radiations into similar hosts. Levels of uncorrected sequence divergence among acanthocephalans are high; however, relative-rate tests indicate significant departure from rate uniformity among acanthocephalans, arthropods, and vertebrates. This precludes comparison of 18S divergence levels to assess the relative age of the Acanthocephala. However, other evidence suggests an ancient origin of the acanthocephalan-arthropod parasitic association.

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Molecular evolution of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) and phylogenetic relationships among species of the family Cucurbitaceae.

Phylogenetic relationships of different members of the family Cucurbitaceae were estimated from sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1 and ITS2) regions of the nuclear ribosomal RNA genes. Twenty-six species of different genera belonging to different tribes and several subtribes were analyzed. The whole ITS regions were amplified by PCR technique and cloned, and three to five different clones of each species were sequenced; for some species PCR products were sequenced directly. ITS1 and ITS2 regions are slightly variable in length, with each length appearing genus-specific. A substitution rate of 3.62 x 10(-9) substitutions per site per year was calculated assuming 40 MYA separation time. Phylogenetic relationships inferred from ITS sequences of some species is in agreement with morphological data, but deviations to the taxonomic classification were also observed. A polyphyletic origin of the New World species must be considered. In the genus Cucurbita different "types" of ITS sequences within one species exist, possibly due to the high frequency of introgression during domestication or due to polyploidization events; in contrast, low intraspecific variability was detectable in the genus Cucumis, indicating different stages of speciation.

Base Composition↗

Codon bias in actin multigene families and effects on the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships.

Codon usage patterns and phylogenetic relationships in the actin multigene family have been analyzed for three dipteran species--Drosophila melanogaster, Bactrocera dorsalis, and Ceratitis capitata. In certain phylogenetic tree reconstructions, using synonymous distances, some gene relationships are altered due to a homogenization phenomenon. We present evidence to show that this homogenization phenomenon is due to codon usage bias. A survey of the pattern of synonymous codon preferences for 11 actin genes from these three species reveals that five out of the six Drosophila actin genes show high degrees of codon bias as indicated by scaled chi 2 values. In contrast to this, four out of the five actin genes from the other species have low codon bias values. A Monte Carlo contingency test indicates that for those Drosophila actin genes which exhibit codon bias, the patterns of codon usage are different compared to actin genes from the other species. In addition, the genes exhibiting codon bias also appear to have reduced rates of synonymous substitution. The homogenization phenomenon seen in terms of synonymous substitutions is not observed for nonsynonymous changes. Because of this homogenization phenomenon, "trees" constructed based on synonymous substitutions will be affected. These effects can be overt in the case of multigene families, but similar distortions may underlie reconstructions based on single-copy genes which exhibit codon usage bias.

Actins↗

On the origin of and phylogenetic relationships among living amphibians.

The phylogenetic relationships among the three orders of modern amphibians (Caudata, Gymnophiona, and Anura) have been estimated based on both morphological and molecular evidence. Most morphological and paleontological studies of living and fossil amphibians support the hypothesis that salamanders and frogs are sister lineages (the Batrachia hypothesis) and that caecilians are more distantly related. Previous interpretations of molecular data based on nuclear and mitochondrial rRNA sequences suggested that salamanders and caecilians are sister groups to the exclusion of frogs. In an attempt to resolve this apparent conflict, the complete mitochondrial genomes of a salamander (Mertensiella luschani) and a caecilian (Typhlonectes natans) were determined (16,656 and 17,005 bp, respectively) and compared with previously published sequences from a frog (Xenopus laevis) and several other groups of vertebrates. Phylogenetic analyses of the mitochondrial data supported with high bootstrap values the monophyly of living amphibians with respect to other living groups of tetrapods, and a sister group relationship of salamanders and frogs. The lack of phylogenetically informative sites in the previous rRNA data sets (because of its shorter size and higher among-site rate variation) likely explains the discrepancy between our results and those based on previous molecular data. Strong support of the Batrachia hypothesis from both molecule- and morphology-based studies provides a robust phylogenetic framework that will be helpful to comparative studies among the three living orders of amphibians and will permit better understanding of the considerably divergent vertebral, brain, and digit developmental patterns found in frogs and salamanders.

Amphibians↗

Phylogenetic relationship of the genus Oncorhynchus species inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial markers.

The phylogenetic relationship among the salmonid fishes of the genus Oncorhynchus has been analyzed using various kinds of markers for a long time. However, there are three major disagreements among those studies; (1) the authenticity of the Pacific salmon group as a monophyletic cluster, (2) the phylogenetic relationship among three Pacific salmons (pink salmon, sockeye salmon, and chum salmon), and (3) the phylogenetic position of masu salmon. We used allozyme electrophoresis to clarify the phylogenetic relationship between the Pacific salmon group and the Pacific trout group. Furthermore, we reanalysed published mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences (Shedlock et al., 1992). Allozymic data and mtDNA data indicated the following consistent results; (1) all Pacific salmons formed a monophyletic cluster, (2) chum salmon and pink salmon were clustered within those Pacific salmons, (3) masu salmon formed a cluster with other Pacific salmons and diverged first in this group.

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Rapidly evolving lineages impede the resolution of phylogenetic relationships among Clitellata (Annelida).

The phylogenetic relationships of the Clitellata were investigated using a data set with published and new complete or partial 18S rRNA and mtCOI gene sequences of 13 and 49 taxa representing 8 and 14 families, respectively. Three different alignments were considered for 18S, and the possible influence of departures from rate constancy among sites was evaluated by analyses using a Gamma model of rate heterogeneity. Maximum-likelihood estimates of the shape parameter alpha of the Gamma distribution were very low, whatever the alignment or the gene considered, suggesting that phylogenetic reconstructions taking into account the rate heterogeneity among sites are likely to be the most reliable. Analyzed separately, the two genes did not resolve the relationships among the Clitellata, but the consensus tree was congruent with the morphology-based relationships. Our data suggest the inclusion of the Euhirudinea, Acanthobdellida, and Branchiobdellida in the Oligochaeta and suggest the Lumbriculidae as the link between both assemblages. Although separate analyses of both genes, as well as different alignments for the 18S rRNA sequences, yielded conflicting results concerning the phylogenetic position of leeches and leech-like worms vis-à-vis the Oligochaeta, subsequent analyses using the Gamma model greatly reduced the observed inconsistencies. Our analyses show that among the Clitellata, the leeches and the leech-like and gutless worms represent significantly faster evolving lineages. It is suggested that the observed higher mutation rates may be explained by the fact that these lineages contain almost exclusively commensal and/or parasitic taxa.

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Roles of lineage sorting and phylogenetic relationship in the genetic diversity at the self-incompatibility locus of Solanaceae.

Allelic polymorphism at the S locus that determines the gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI) system in the pistil predates speciation. Understanding the evolution of a GSI system therefore requires knowledge of how lineage sorting and interspecific phylogenetic relationship affect S allele polymorphism. In searching for patterns of lineage sorting among species of various phylogenetic relationships, 22 S-alleles from 34 genets randomly taken at three Tennessee sites from a newly known GSI species Physalis longifolia were sequenced. Analyses of these data along with the previous sequences of three solanaceous species indicate that much of the combined allelic genealogy may be explained by lineage sorting and phylogenetic relationship. Using the mean terminal branch lengths of trans-specific alleles on the allelic genealogy to infer phylogenetic relationship among species, P. longifolia was found to be more closely related to P. cinerascens than to P. crassifolia. Nonetheless, the distribution of terminal branch lengths of P. longifolia was more similar to that of P. crassifolia than to that of P. cinerascens, suggesting phylogenetic relationship may have little effect on species-specific polymorphism. Similar habitat and growth characters, yet contrasting S-polymorphism, between P. longifolia and P. cinerascens also reject previous hypotheses that habitat and growth characters are the major factors responsible for interspecific differences in S-polymorphism. A likely scenario is that species-specific S-polymorphism is based on lineage sorting whose effect is further modified by species age and historical changes in population parameters.

Alleles↗