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Genetic relationships among sympatric varieties of Acer mono in the Chichibu Mountains and Central Hokkaido, Japan

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Acer mono Maxim. is one of the major components of cool temperate forests in Japan. Some of its many varieties are distributed sympatrically. Because of its great variability, the intraspecific taxonomy and nomenclature of the species are controversial. To understand the genetic relationships among these varieties and whether hybridization or introgression occurred among the sympatric varieties, we studied the genetic relationships among sympatric varieties of A. mono in the Chichibu Mountains (A. mono var. ambiguum, A. mono var. connivens, A. mono var. marmoratum) and Central Hokkaido (A. mono var. mayrii and A. mono var. glabrum) in Japan. Our results showed that varieties in Chichibu are genetically close, suggesting that hybridization or introgression might occur between these varieties, which could explain the higher genetic diversity of varieties in Chichibu than in Hokkaido. In contrast to the close relationships between the varieties in Chichibu, varieties in Hokkaido seemed relatively separated from each other; indeed, there may be reproductive isolation between the two varieties. The results provide new insight for the taxonomy of the varieties of A. mono, especially the sympatric varieties, in Japan.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the staff of the University Forest in Chichibu and in Hokkaido, the University of Tokyo for their diligent fieldwork.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China

    Chunping Liu & Hailong Shen

  2. Foreign Capital Project Office, Forestry Department of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, 110036, China

    Jian Cong

  3. Mudanjiang Branch of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Mudianjiang, 157041, China

    Cunxue Lin

  4. Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Studies, Department of Ecosystem Studies, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Yoko Saito & Yuji Ide

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Project funding: This study was supported by National Postdoctoral Daily Fund of China and Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund (LBH-Z13007).

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Liu, C., Cong, J., Shen, H. et al. Genetic relationships among sympatric varieties of Acer mono in the Chichibu Mountains and Central Hokkaido, Japan. J. For. Res. 28, 699–704 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-016-0352-9

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