Interspecific introgression mediates adaptation to whole genome duplication

Sarah Marburger; Patrick Monnahan; Paul J. Seear; Simon H. Martin; Jordan Koch; Pirita Paajanen; Magdalena Bohutínská; James D. Higgins; Roswitha Schmickl; Levi Yant

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13159-5

Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Interspecific introgression mediates adaptation to whole genome duplication

Sarah Marburger,
Patrick Monnahan,
Paul J. Seear,
Simon H. Martin,
Jordan Koch,
Pirita Paajanen,
Magdalena Bohutínská,
James D. Higgins,
Roswitha Schmickl,
Levi Yant

Affiliations

Sarah Marburger: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre
Patrick Monnahan: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre
Paul J. Seear: Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester
Simon H. Martin: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh
Jordan Koch: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre
Pirita Paajanen: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre
Magdalena Bohutínská: Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University
James D. Higgins: Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester
Roswitha Schmickl: Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University
Levi Yant: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13159-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Whole genome duplication (WGD) presents new challenges to the establishment of optimal allelic combinations and to the meiotic machinery. Here, the authors show that adaptive gene flow from Arabidopsis arenosa could rescue the nascent A. lyrata from extinction following WGD.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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