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Genome-wide patterns of differentiation and spatially varying selection between postglacial recolonization lineages of Populus alba (Salicaceae), a widespread forest tree

Stölting, Kai N. ; Paris, Margot ; Meier, Cécile ; Heinze, Berthold ; Castiglione, Stefano ; Bartha, Denes ; Lexer, Christian

In: New Phytologist, 2015, vol. 207, no. 3, p. 723–734

Studying the divergence continuum in plants is relevant to fundamental and applied biology because of the potential to reveal functionally important genetic variation. In this context, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) provides the necessary rigour for uncovering footprints of selection. We resequenced populations of two divergent phylogeographic lineages of Populus alba (n = 48), thoroughly...

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Recombinant hybrids retain heterozygosity at many loci: new insights into the genomics of reproductive isolation in Populus

Lindtke, Dorothea ; Buerkle, C. Alex ; Barbará, Thelma ; Heinze, Berthold ; Castiglione, Stefano ; Bartha, Denes ; Lexer, Christian

In: Molecular Ecology, 2012, p. -

The maintenance of species barriers in the face of gene flow is often thought to result from strong selection against intermediate genotypes, thereby preserving genetic differentiation. Most speciation genomic studies thus aim to identify exceptionally divergent loci between populations, but divergence will be affected by many processes other than reproductive isolation (RI) and speciation....

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Genomic admixture analysis in european Populus spp. reveals unexpected patterns of reproductive isolation and mating

Lexer, Christian ; Joseph, Jeffrey A. ; Loo, Marcela van ; Barbará, Thelma ; Heinze, Berthold ; Bartha, Denes ; Castiglione, Stefano ; Fay, Michael F. ; Buerkle, C. Alex

In: Genetics, 2010, vol. 186, p. 699–712

Admixture between genetically divergent populations facilitates genomic studies of the mechanisms involved in adaptation, reproductive isolation and speciation, including mapping of the loci involved in these phenomena. Little is known about how pre- and postzygotic barriers will affect the prospects of 'admixture mapping' in wild species. We have studied 93 mapped genetic markers...