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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Hauptverfasser: Suryawanshi, Vasantika (VerfasserIn) , Eils, Roland (VerfasserIn) , Krämer, Ute (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 22 December 2016
In: BMC genomics
Year: 2016, Jahrgang: 17
ISSN:1471-2164
DOI:10.1186/s12864-016-3319-5
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Verfasserangaben:Vasantika Suryawanshi, Ina N. Talke, Michael Weber, Roland Eils, Benedikt Brors, Stephan Clemens and Ute Krämer
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:From 15th International Conference On Bioinformatics (INCOB 2016) Queenstown, Singapore. 21-23 September 2016
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ISSN:1471-2164
DOI:10.1186/s12864-016-3319-5