Between-species differences in gene copy number are enriched among functions critical for adaptive evolution in Arabidopsis halleri
Gene copy number divergence between species is a form of genetic polymorphism that contributes significantly to both genome size and phenotypic variation. In plants, copy number expansions of single genes were implicated in cultivar- or species-specific tolerance of high levels of soil boron, alumin...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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22 December 2016
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BMC genomics
Year: 2016, Volume: 17 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2164 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12864-016-3319-5 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-3319-5
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| Author Notes: | Vasantika Suryawanshi, Ina N. Talke, Michael Weber, Roland Eils, Benedikt Brors, Stephan Clemens and Ute Krämer |
| Summary: | Gene copy number divergence between species is a form of genetic polymorphism that contributes significantly to both genome size and phenotypic variation. In plants, copy number expansions of single genes were implicated in cultivar- or species-specific tolerance of high levels of soil boron, aluminium or calamine-type heavy metals, respectively. Arabidopsis halleri is a zinc- and cadmium-hyperaccumulating extremophile species capable of growing on heavy-metal contaminated, toxic soils. In contrast, its non-accumulating sister species A. lyrata and the closely related reference model species A. thaliana exhibit merely basal metal tolerance. |
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| Item Description: | From 15th International Conference On Bioinformatics (INCOB 2016) Queenstown, Singapore. 21-23 September 2016 Gesehen am 26.05.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1471-2164 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12864-016-3319-5 |