Nature Communications (Nov 2019)
Genome-wide analysis of Cushion willow provides insights into alpine plant divergence in a biodiversity hotspot
- Jia-hui Chen,
- Yuan Huang,
- Benjamin Brachi,
- Quan-zheng Yun,
- Wei Zhang,
- Wei Lu,
- Hong-na Li,
- Wen-qing Li,
- Xu-dong Sun,
- Guang-yan Wang,
- Jun He,
- Zhuo Zhou,
- Kai-yun Chen,
- Yun-heng Ji,
- Ming-ming Shi,
- Wen-guang Sun,
- Yong-ping Yang,
- Ren-gang Zhang,
- Richard J. Abbott,
- Hang Sun
Affiliations
- Jia-hui Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yuan Huang
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University
- Benjamin Brachi
- BIOGECO, INRA, Université de Bordeaux
- Quan-zheng Yun
- Beijing Ori-Gene Science and Technology Co., Ltd
- Wei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, and School of Life Sciences, Peking University
- Wei Lu
- School of Life Sciences, Peking University
- Hong-na Li
- Beijing Ori-Gene Science and Technology Co., Ltd
- Wen-qing Li
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xu-dong Sun
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guang-yan Wang
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jun He
- The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhuo Zhou
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Kai-yun Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yun-heng Ji
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ming-ming Shi
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wen-guang Sun
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yong-ping Yang
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ren-gang Zhang
- Beijing Ori-Gene Science and Technology Co., Ltd
- Richard J. Abbott
- School of Biology, University of St. Andrews
- Hang Sun
- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13128-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Exceptional alpine plant diversity exists in the Hengduan Mountains. Here, through genome assembly and population genomics studies, the authors find notable intraspecific divergence among Cushion willow populations isolated by the sky island-like habitats and consider it contributes to speciation and biodiversity.
