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Title
On the post-glacial spread of human commensal Arabidopsis thaliana
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Abstract
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 invading 'non-relicts', which expanded through the east-west axis of Eurasia, leaving traces of admixture in the north and south of the species range. The non-relict expansion was likely associated with human activity and led to a demographic replacement similar to what occurred in humans. Introgressed genomic regions from relicts are associated with flowering time and enriched for genes associated with environmental conditions, such as root cap development or metal ion trans-membrane transport, which suggest that admixture with locally adapted relicts helped the non-relicts colonize new habitats.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Nature communications
Publication
2017
ISSN
2041-1723
DOI
10.1038/NCOMMS14458
Volume/pages
8 (2017) , 12 p.
Article Reference
14458
ISI
000393588600001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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