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ArticleNature genetics2014

Population genomics of Populus trichocarpa identifies signatures of selection and adaptive trait associations.

Luke M Evans, Gancho T Slavov, Eli Rodgers-Melnick, Joel Martin, Priya Ranjan, Wellington Muchero, Amy M Brunner, Wendy Schackwitz, Lee Gunter, Jin-Gui Chen and 2 more

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Article in Nature genetics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 162 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Luke M EvansDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Gancho T SlavovInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK.
Eli Rodgers-MelnickDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Joel MartinThe Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
Priya RanjanPlant Systems Biology Group, BioSciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
Wellington MucheroPlant Systems Biology Group, BioSciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
Amy M BrunnerDepartment of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Wendy SchackwitzThe Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
Lee GunterPlant Systems Biology Group, BioSciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
Jin-Gui ChenPlant Systems Biology Group, BioSciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
Gerald A Tuskan1] The Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA. [2] Plant Systems Biology Group, BioSciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
Stephen P DiFazioDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Forest trees are dominant components of terrestrial ecosystems that have global ecological and economic importance. Despite distributions that span wide environmental gradients, many tree populations are locally adapted, and mechanisms underlying this adaptation are poorly understood. Here we use a combination of whole-genome selection scans and association analyses of 544 Populus trichocarpa trees to reveal genomic bases of adaptive variation across a wide latitudinal range. Three hundred ninety-seven genomic regions showed evidence of recent positive and/or divergent selection and enrichment for associations with adaptive traits that also displayed patterns consistent with natural selection. These regions also provide unexpected insights into the evolutionary dynamics of duplicated genes and their roles in adaptive trait variation.

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Selection, GeneticAdaptation, PhysiologicalBritish ColumbiaChromosome MappingChromosomes, PlantEvolution, MolecularGene DuplicationGenes, PlantGenetics, PopulationGenetic VariationGenome, PlantGenomicsGenotypeGeographyLinkage DisequilibriumPlant ProteinsPlant Proteins

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PMID25151358

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