Genome-wide analysis of Cushion willow provides insights into alpine plant divergence in a biodiversity hotspot

Exceptional alpine plant diversity exists in the Hengduan Mountains. Here, through genome assembly and population genomics studies, the authors find notable intraspecific divergence among Cushion willow populations isolated by the sky island-like habitats and consider it contributes to speciation an...

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Main Authors: Jia-hui Chen, Yuan Huang, Benjamin Brachi, Quan-zheng Yun, Wei Zhang, Wei Lu, Hong-na Li, Wen-qing Li, Xu-dong Sun, Guang-yan Wang, Jun He, Zhuo Zhou, Kai-yun Chen, Yun-heng Ji, Ming-ming Shi, Wen-guang Sun, Yong-ping Yang, Ren-gang Zhang, Richard J. Abbott, Hang Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13128-y