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Utility of closely related taxa for genetic studies of adaptive variation and speciation: Current state and perspectives in plants with focus on forest tree species

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Studies of adaptation and speciation have greatly benefited from rapid progress of DNA sequencing and
genotyping technologies. Comparative genomics of closely related taxa has great potential to advance evolutionary
research on genetic architecture of adaptive traits and reproductive isolation. Such studies that utilized closely
related plant species and ecotypes have already provided some important insights into genomic regions and/or
genes that are potentially involved in local adaptation and speciation. The choice of an appropriate species model
for such research is crucial. The paper discusses current approaches used to reveal the patterns of intra- and
interspecific divergence due to natural selection. Its outcomes in herbaceous plants and forest trees are briefly
summarized and compared to reveal general regularities concerning evolutionary processes. We then highlight the
importance of multispecies studies and discuss the utility of several related pine taxa as fine candidates for
evolutionary inferences. Genetically similar but ecologically and phenotypically diverged taxa seem a promising
study system to search for genomic patterns of speciation and adaptive variation.

Key words: adaptation, divergence, genetic variation, natural selection, Pinus mugo, P. sylvestris.

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Judul Seri

J. Syst. Evol.

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

: Institute of Botany., 2016

Deskripsi Fisik

J. Syst. Evol. 54 (1): 17–28, 2016

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English

ISBN/ISSN

doi: 10.1111/jse.121

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Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

BIOLOGI

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