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Article Dans Une Revue Tree Genetics and Genomes Année : 2023

Population genetic structure and demographic history of the timber tree Dicorynia guianensis in French Guiana

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Tropical rainforests host exceptional biodiversity and provide important ecosystem services, but they are facing anthropogenic and climatic threats. Preserving the genetic diversity of forest tree populations is essential for their capacity to adapt and exhibit resilience to environmental changes and anthropogenic pressures. Here, we collected conservation genetic base line information for the heavily exploited timber tree Dicorynia guianensis Amshoff (Fabaceae) at the regional and local levels in French Guiana. Based on genotyping at five microsatellite loci in 1566 individuals collected in 23 forest locations,we documented the genetic differentiation of locations from the West of French Guiana and identified distinctive genetic diversity patterns with higher genetic diversity and some bottlenecked sites in the East and inland. The regional population genetic structure is likely the result of past population isolation in distinct Pleistocene refuges and different demographic histories potentially influenced by Holocene drought periods or palaeofires. Assessment of spatial genetic structure (Sp from 0 to 0.028) in five intensively sampled locations yielded estimates of Wright’s neighborhood size of 35 to 313, indicative of restricted dispersal and local metapopulation dynamics, and useful as baseline information to assess the effects of selective logging for conservation management. These results support the current management strategies with low impact extraction of D. guianensis in three zones of the French Guiana permanent forest domain and allow us to make recommendations for further research and management to best preserve its genetic diversity and adaptive potential.
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hal-04481636 , version 1 (28-02-2024)

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Julien Bonnier, Niklas Tysklind, Valérie Troispoux, Ivan Scotti, Stéphanie Barthe, et al.. Population genetic structure and demographic history of the timber tree Dicorynia guianensis in French Guiana. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 2023, 20 (1), pp.2. ⟨10.1007/s11295-023-01633-7⟩. ⟨hal-04481636⟩
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