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On the post-glacial spread of human commensal Arabidopsis thaliana.
Nature communications - 9 Feb 2017
Lee Cheng-Ruei, Svardal Hannes, Farlow Ashley, Exposito-Alonso Moises, Ding Wei, Novikova Polina, Alonso-Blanco Carlos, Weigel Detlef, Nordborg Magnus
Abstract excerpt
Recent work has shown that Arabidopsis thaliana contains genetic groups originating from different ice age refugia, with one particular group comprising over 95% of the current worldwide population. In Europe, relicts of other groups can be found in local populations along the Mediterranean Sea. Here we provide evidence that these 'relicts' occupied post-glacial Eurasia first and were later replaced by the...
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