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. 2012 Oct;110(5):1079–1081. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcs196

Self-sterility in flowering plants: preventing self-fertilization increases family diversification rates

Miriam M Ferrer, Sara V Good
PMCID: PMC3448435

Annals of Botany110: 535–553, 2012

Since the publication of this paper, it has become apparent that an error was made in the calculation of the Kendall–Moran estimates presented, with logarithm to the base 10 being used instead of the natural logarithm. As a result of this error, the Kendall–Moran figures were systematically under-estimated in Figs 5 and 6, and the mean-squares in Table 1 were also incorrect. In addition, the error also affected Fig. S1 and Appendix S2 in the Supplementary Data. However, the conclusions of the paper are not affected as the differences amongst the groups compared remain constant whether the calculation uses logarithm to base 10 or the natural logarithm. The authors apologise for this error, and correct versions of Figs 5 and 6 and Table 1 are reproduced below. A corrected version of the Supplementary Data has also been placed online.

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5.

Family DR of the Kendall–Moran estimator (KM) for 230 families identified as possessing self-compatibility (SC), possessing heteromorphic, or presenting self sterility unclassified (SS unclass) or one of six SI phenotypes: stigmatic, stylar, ovarian, post-fertilization SS, heteromorphic + SI (Het + SI) or as being polymorphic in the site of SI expression. MYBP = millions of years before present.

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6.

(A) Mean and standard error of the Kendall–Moran estimator of DR (KM) in 164 and 66 families bearing SS/SI and SC, respectively, using the estimates of Wikström et al. (2001), Davies et al. (2004) and exponential and log-normal calibrations of Bell et al. (2010) for the divergence age of the families. Mean and standard error of Kendall–Moran estimator of DR (KM) using the estimates of (B) Wikström et al. (2001), (C) Davies et al. (2004) and (D) exponential and (E) log-normal calibrations of Bell et al. (2010) for the divergence age of the 44 families bearing homomorphic SI, 19 with heteromorphy, 22 with polymorphic basis to SI, 74 families bearing SS unclassified species and for 66 families bearing SC. Means with different letters were found to be significantly different (Tukey HSD test, P < 0·05).

Table 1.

ANOVA results for the fixed-effect model of (A) presence of self-sterility, (B) types of self-sterility and (C) self-sterility/self-incompatibility (SS/SI) phenotype on the Kendall–Moran estimate of family DR using the squared age of divergence of the family as a covariate

Effect d.f. MS effect MS error F P
(A) Presence of self-sterility
 Wikström et al. (2001)
  Presence of self-sterility 2, 227 0·0474 0·0030 16·00 <0·0001
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 227 0·3800 0·0030 128·14 <0·0001
 Davies et al. (2004)
  Presence of self-sterility 2, 227 0·0210 0·0019 11·32 0·0009
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 227 0·2346 0·0019 126·76 <0·0001
 Exponential Bell et al. (2004)
  Presence of self-sterility 2, 203 0·0312 0·0029 10·62 0·0013
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 203 0·2901 0·0029 98·57 <0·0001
 Log-normal Bell et al. (2004)
  Presence of self-sterility 2, 203 0·0266 0·0026 10·06 0·0018
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 203 0·2541 0·0026 96·05 <0·0001
(B) Types of self-sterility
 Wikström et al. (2001)
  Types of self-sterility 4, 224 0·0166 0·0029 5·69 0·0002
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 224 0·3594 0·0029 123·06 <0·0001
 Davies et al. (2004)
  Types of self-sterility 4, 224 0·0080 0·0018 4·35 0·0021
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 224 0·2215 0·0018 121·20 <0·0001
 Exponential Bell et al. (2004)
  Types of self-sterility 4, 200 0·0086 0·0030 2·90 0·023
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 200 0·2897 0·0030 97·52 <0·0001
 Log-normal Bell et al. (2004)
  Types of self-sterility 4, 200 0·0075 0·0027 2·81 0·0268
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 200 0·2533 0·0027 94·90 <0·0001
(C) Self-sterility/self-incompatibility
 Wikström et al. (2001)
  SS/SI phenotype 8, 220 0·0099 0·0029 3·39 0·0011
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 220 0·3619 0·0029 124·12 <0·0001
 Davies et al. (2004)
  SS/SI phenotype 8, 220 0·0052 0·0018 2·89 0·0045
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 220 0·2222 0·0018 122·46 <0·0001
 Exponential Bell et al. (2004)
  SS/SI phenotype 8, 196 0·0057 0·0030 1·93 0·0577
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 196 0·2889 0·0030 97·15 <0·0001
 Log-normal Bell et al. (2004)
  SS/SI phenotype 8, 196 0·0051 0·0027 2·68 0·0082
  Squared age of divergence of the family 1, 196 0·2544 0·0027 171·82 <0·0001

The analyses were performed on the Wikström et al. (2001), Davies et al. (2004) and exponential and log-normal Bell et al. (2010) estimates of the divergence age of families.


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