Genomic effects of population collapse in a critically endangered ironwood tree Ostrya rehderiana

Genomic effects of population collapse in a critically endangered ironwood tree Ostrya rehderiana

Here, Liu et al. compare the genomic signatures of two tree species, one of which had undergone population collapse. The declining species had low genetic diversity, but had more strongly purged severely deleterious recessive variations, likely due to inbreeding and perhaps mitigating extinction ris...

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Main Authors: Yongzhi Yang, Tao Ma, Zefu Wang, Zhiqiang Lu, Ying Li, Chengxin Fu, Xiaoyong Chen, Mingshui Zhao, Matthew S. Olson, Jianquan Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07913-4
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Summary:Here, Liu et al. compare the genomic signatures of two tree species, one of which had undergone population collapse. The declining species had low genetic diversity, but had more strongly purged severely deleterious recessive variations, likely due to inbreeding and perhaps mitigating extinction risk.
ISSN:2041-1723

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