Article
Genomic Admixture Between Locally Adapted Populations of Arabidopsis thaliana (mouse ear cress): Evidence of Optimal Genetic Outcrossing Distance.
The Journal of heredity - 21 Dec 2017
Palacio-Lopez Kattia, Keller Stephen R, Molofsky Jane
Abstract excerpt
Admixture can break up divergent genetic architectures between populations, resulting in phenotypic novelty and generating raw material for environmental selection. The contribution of admixture to progeny trait variation and fitness varies based on the degree of genetic isolation between the parental populations, for which most studies have used geographic distance as a proxy. A novel approach is to estimate...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Arabidopsis
- Crosses, Genetic
- Ecotype
- Genetic Fitness
- Genetics, Population
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide