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dc.contributor.authorBrennan, Adrian C.
dc.contributor.authorHiscock, Simon J.
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, Richard John
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-08T11:30:04Z
dc.date.available2016-06-08T11:30:04Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-15
dc.identifier.citationBrennan , A C , Hiscock , S J & Abbott , R J 2016 , ' Genomic architecture of phenotypic divergence between two hybridizing plant species along an elevational gradient ' , AoB Plants , vol. 8 , no. plw022 . https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plw022en
dc.identifier.issn2041-2851
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 242240004
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 480304e8-a7d7-4079-a1ee-67a8465bb3f4
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85010679742
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000377344200001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/8949
dc.descriptionThe research was funded by a NERC Grant NE/D014166/1 to R.J.A. as Principal Investigator. A.C.B. was supported during part of the writing of this paper by funding from FP7-REGPOT 2010-1, Grant No. 264125 EcoGenes.en
dc.description.abstractKnowledge of the genetic basis of phenotypic divergence between species and how such divergence is caused and maintained is crucial to an understanding of speciation and the generation of biodiversity. The hybrid zone between Senecio aethnensis and S. chrysanthemifolius on Mount Etna, Sicily, provides a well-studied example of species divergence in response to conditions at different elevations, despite hybridization and gene flow. Here, we investigate the genetic architecture of divergence between these two species using a combination of quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping and genetic differentiation measures based on genetic marker analysis. A QTL architecture characterized by physical QTL clustering, epistatic interactions between QTLs, and pleiotropy was identified, and is consistent with the presence of divergent QTL complexes resistant to gene flow. A role for divergent selection between species was indicated by significant negative associations between levels of interspecific genetic differentiation at mapped marker gene loci and map distance from QTLs and hybrid incompatibility loci. Within-species selection contributing to interspecific differentiation was evidenced by negative associations between interspecific genetic differentiation and genetic diversity within species. These results show that the two Senecio species, while subject to gene flow, maintain divergent genomic regions consistent with local selection within species and selection against hybrids between species which, in turn, contribute to the maintenance of their distinct phenotypic differences.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAoB Plantsen
dc.rights© The Authors 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.subjectGenetic differentiationen
dc.subjectHybridizationen
dc.subjectPhenotypic divergenceen
dc.subjectQTL architectureen
dc.subjectQTL interactionsen
dc.subjectSelectionen
dc.subjectSpeciationen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)en
dc.subjectEnvironmental Science(all)en
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleGenomic architecture of phenotypic divergence between two hybridizing plant species along an elevational gradienten
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorNERCen
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dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Instituteen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plw022
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/D014166/1en


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