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Genomic scans across three eucalypts suggest that adaptation to aridity is a genome-wide phenomenon
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Steane, DA and Potts, BM and McLean, EH and Collins, L and Holland, BR and Prober, SM and Stock, WD and Vaillancourt, RE and Byrne, M, Genomic scans across three eucalypts suggest that adaptation to aridity is a genome-wide phenomenon, Genome Biology and Evolution, 9, (2) pp. 253-265. ISSN 1759-6653 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Widespread species spanning strong environmental (e.g., climatic) gradients frequently display morphological and physiological adaptations to local conditions. Some adaptations are common to different species that occupy similar environments. However, the genomic architecture underlying such convergent traits may not be the same between species. Using genomic data from previous studies of three widespread eucalypt species that grow along rainfall gradients in southern Australia, our probabilistic approach provides evidence that adaptation to aridity is a genome-wide phenomenon, likely to involve multiple and diverse genes, gene families and regulatory regions that affect a multitude of complex genetic and biochemical processes.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | adaptation, genetic architecture, outlier markers, Eucalyptus, parallel evolution, convergent evolution, climate |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Evolutionary biology |
| Research Field: | Biological adaptation |
| Objective Division: | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Forestry |
| Objective Field: | Native forests |
| UTAS Author: | Steane, DA (Dr Dorothy Steane) |
| UTAS Author: | Potts, BM (Professor Brad Potts) |
| UTAS Author: | Holland, BR (Professor Barbara Holland) |
| UTAS Author: | Vaillancourt, RE (Professor Rene Vaillancourt) |
| ID Code: | 114823 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 15 |
| Deposited By: | Plant Science |
| Deposited On: | 2017-02-28 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-04-30 |
| Downloads: | 94 View Download Statistics |
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