A candidate gene approach was used to identify levels of nucleotide diversity and to identify genes departing from neutral expectations in coniferous species of the Alpine European forest. Twelve samples were collected from four species that dominate montane and subalpine forests throughout Europe: Abies alba Mill, Larix decidua Mill, Pinus cembra L., and Pinus mugo Turra. A total of 800 genes, originally resequenced in Pinus taeda L., were resequenced across 12 independent trees for each of the four species. Genes were assigned to two categories, candidate and control, defined through homology-based searches to Arabidopsis. Estimates of nucleotide diversity per site varied greatly between polymorphic candidate genes (range: 0.0004–0.1295) and among species (range: 0.0024–0.0082), but were within the previously established ranges for conifers. Tests of neutrality using stringent significance thresholds, performed under the standard neutral model, revealed one to seven outlier loci for each species. Some of these outliers encode proteins that are involved with plant stress responses and form the basis for further evolutionary enquiries.

Mosca, E.; Eckert, A.J.; Liechty, J.D.; Wegrzyn, J.L.; La Porta, N.; Vendramin, G.G.; Neale, D.B. (2012). Contrasting patterns of nucleotide diversity for four conifers of Alpine European forests. EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS, 5 (7): 762-775. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00256.x handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/21195

Contrasting patterns of nucleotide diversity for four conifers of Alpine European forests

Mosca, Elena;La Porta, Nicola;Neale, David Bryan
2012-01-01

Abstract

A candidate gene approach was used to identify levels of nucleotide diversity and to identify genes departing from neutral expectations in coniferous species of the Alpine European forest. Twelve samples were collected from four species that dominate montane and subalpine forests throughout Europe: Abies alba Mill, Larix decidua Mill, Pinus cembra L., and Pinus mugo Turra. A total of 800 genes, originally resequenced in Pinus taeda L., were resequenced across 12 independent trees for each of the four species. Genes were assigned to two categories, candidate and control, defined through homology-based searches to Arabidopsis. Estimates of nucleotide diversity per site varied greatly between polymorphic candidate genes (range: 0.0004–0.1295) and among species (range: 0.0024–0.0082), but were within the previously established ranges for conifers. Tests of neutrality using stringent significance thresholds, performed under the standard neutral model, revealed one to seven outlier loci for each species. Some of these outliers encode proteins that are involved with plant stress responses and form the basis for further evolutionary enquiries.
Candidate gene
Neutrality tests
Nucleotide diversity
Single nucleotide polymorphisms
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Mosca, E.; Eckert, A.J.; Liechty, J.D.; Wegrzyn, J.L.; La Porta, N.; Vendramin, G.G.; Neale, D.B. (2012). Contrasting patterns of nucleotide diversity for four conifers of Alpine European forests. EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS, 5 (7): 762-775. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00256.x handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/21195
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