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Genome biogeography reveals the intraspecific spread of adaptive mutations for a complex trait.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2016
Olofsson Jill K, Bianconi Matheus, Besnard Guillaume, Dunning Luke T, Lundgren Marjorie R, Holota Helene, Vorontsova Maria S, Hidalgo Oriane, Leitch Ilia J, Nosil Patrik, Osborne Colin P, Christin Pascal-Antoine
Abstract excerpt
Physiological novelties are often studied at macro-evolutionary scales such that their micro-evolutionary origins remain poorly understood. Here, we test the hypothesis that key components of a complex trait can evolve in isolation and later be combined by gene flow. We use C4 photosynthesis as a study system, a derived physiology that increases plant productivity in warm, dry conditions. The grass Alloteropsis...
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