The genetic basis of pollinator adaptation in a sexually deceptive orchid

In plants, pollinator adaptation is considered to be a major driving force for floral diversification and speciation. However, the genetic basis of pollinator adaptation is poorly understood. The orchid genus Ophrys mimics its pollinators' mating signals and is pollinated by male insects during...

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description In plants, pollinator adaptation is considered to be a major driving force for floral diversification and speciation. However, the genetic basis of pollinator adaptation is poorly understood. The orchid genus Ophrys mimics its pollinators' mating signals and is pollinated by male insects during mating attempts. In many species of this genus, chemical mimicry of the pollinators' pheromones, especially of alkenes with different double-bond positions, plays a key role for specific pollinator attraction. Thus, different alkenes produced in different species are probably a consequence of pollinator adaptation. In this study, we identify genes that are likely involved in alkene biosynthesis, encoding stearoyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) desaturases (SAD), in three closely related Ophrys species, O. garganica, O. sphegodes, and O. exaltata. Combining floral odor and gene expression analyses, two SAD homologs (SAD1/2) showed significant association with the production of (Z)-9- and (Z)-12-alkenes that were abundant in O. garganica and O. sphegodes, supporting previous biochemical data. In contrast, two other newly identified homologs (SAD5/6) were significantly associated with (Z)-7-alkenes that were highly abundant only in O. exaltata. Both molecular evolutionary analyses and pollinator preference tests suggest that the alkenes associated with SAD1/2 and SAD5/6 are under pollinator-mediated divergent selection among species. The expression patterns of these genes in F₁ hybrids indicate that species-specific expression differences in SAD1/2 are likely due to cis-regulation, while changes in SAD5/6 are likely due to trans-regulation. Taken together, we report a genetic mechanism for pollinator-mediated divergent selection that drives adaptive changes in floral alkene biosynthesis involved in reproductive isolation among Ophrys species.
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Adaptation, Physiological
Alkenes - isolation & purification
Animal reproduction
Animals
Behavior
Biological Evolution
Biology
Biosynthesis
Chemical ecology
Colleges & universities
Flowers - classification
Flowers - physiology
Gene Expression
Genetic aspects
Genetic engineering
Hybridization, Genetic
Insecta - physiology
Isoenzymes - genetics
Isoenzymes - metabolism
Male
Mixed Function Oxygenases - genetics
Mixed Function Oxygenases - metabolism
Molecular Mimicry
Mutation
Odorants
Odors
Orchidaceae - classification
Orchidaceae - physiology
Orchids
Pheromones
Phylogeny
Physiological aspects
Plant genetics
Plant Proteins - genetics
Plant Proteins - metabolism
Plant reproduction
Pollination
Pollination - physiology
Reproduction
Reproductive Isolation
Sex Attractants - biosynthesis
Sex Attractants - genetics
Sex Attractants - isolation & purification
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Species Specificity
title The genetic basis of pollinator adaptation in a sexually deceptive orchid
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