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Borrowed alleles and convergence in serpentine adaptation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Jul 2016
Arnold Brian J, Lahner Brett, DaCosta Jeffrey M, Weisman Caroline M, Hollister Jesse D, Salt David E, Bomblies Kirsten, Yant Levi
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Serpentine barrens represent extreme hazards for plant colonists. These sites are characterized by high porosity leading to drought, lack of essential mineral nutrients, and phytotoxic levels of metals. Nevertheless, nature forged populations adapted to these challenges. Here, we use a population-based evolutionary genomic approach coupled with elemental profiling to assess how autotetraploid Arabidopsis arenosa...
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