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Title: The Aquilegia genome provides insight into adaptive radiation and reveals an extraordinarily polymorphic chromosome with a unique history

Journal Article · · eLife
DOI:https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36426· OSTI ID:1484210
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  1. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (Austria)
  2. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
  3. Masaryk Univ., Brno (Czech Republic)
  4. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (Austria); Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics, Vienna (Austria)
  5. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States); HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL (United States)
  6. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
  7. Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc (Czech Republic)
  8. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)

The columbine genus Aquilegia is a classic example of an adaptive radiation, involving a wide variety of pollinators and habitats. Here we present the genome assembly of A. coerulea ‘Goldsmith’, complemented by high-coverage sequencing data from 10 wild species covering the world-wide distribution. Our analyses reveal extensive allele sharing among species and demonstrate that introgression and selection played a role in the Aquilegia radiation. We also present the remarkable discovery that the evolutionary history of an entire chromosome differs from that of the rest of the genome – a phenomenon that we do not fully understand, but which highlights the need to consider chromosomes in an evolutionary context.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23), Biological Systems Science Division (SC-23.2 )
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1484210
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1506371
Journal Information:
eLife, Vol. 7, Issue none; ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher:
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 75 works
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