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© 2005 Society of Systematic Biologists
Phylogenetic Signal in AFLP Data Sets
Biosystematics Group, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland — Wageningen University branch, Wageningen University Generaal Foulkesweg 37, 6703BL Wageningen, The Netherlands E-mail: wim.koopman{at}wur.nl
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AFLP markers provide a potential source of phylogenetic information for molecular systematic studies. However, there are properties of restriction fragment data that limit phylogenetic interpretation of AFLPs. These are (a) possible nonindependence of fragments, (b) problems of homology assignment of fragments, (c) asymmetry in the probability of losing and gaining fragments, and (d) problems in distinguishing heterozygote from homozygote bands. In the present study, AFLP data sets of Lactuca s.l. were examined for the presence of phylogenetic signal. An indication of this signal was provided by carrying out tree length distribution skewness (g1) tests, permutation tail probability (PTP) tests, and relative apparent synapomorphy analysis (RASA). A measure of the support for internal branches in the optimal parsimony tree (MPT) was made using bootstrap, jackknife, and decay analysis. Finally, the extent of congruence in MPTs for AFLP and internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-1 data sets for the same taxa was made using the partition homogeneity test (PHT) and the Templeton test. These analytical studies suggested the presence of phylogenetic signal in the AFLP data sets, although some incongruence was found between AFLP and ITS MPTs. An extensive literature survey undertaken indicated that authors report a general congruence of AFLP and ITS tree topologies across a wide range of taxonomic groups, suggesting that the present results and conclusions have a general bearing. In these earlier studies and those for Lactuca s.l., AFLP markers have been found to be informative at somewhat lower taxonomic levels than ITS sequences. Tentative estimates are suggested for the levels of ITS sequence divergence over which AFLP profiles are likely to be phylogenetically informative.
Keywords: Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) markers; congruence; Dollo parsimony; g1 statistic; internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences; Lactuca; partition homogeneity test (PHT); phylogenetic signal
Received February 20, 2002; Revised August 6, 2002; Accepted November 28, 2004
Present Address: Plant Research International B.V., P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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