On the post-glacial spread of human commensal Arabidopsis thaliana

Population structure of the model plantArabidopsis thaliana is shaped by glacial refugia and recent admixture. Here the authors show that genetically distinct groups of A. thalianahave spread east-west across Europe since the most recent ice age, likely as a result of human activity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cheng-Ruei Lee, Hannes Svardal, Ashley Farlow, Moises Exposito-Alonso, Wei Ding, Polina Novikova, Carlos Alonso-Blanco, Detlef Weigel, Magnus Nordborg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14458