Ocean currents drive the worldwide colonization of the most widespread marine plant, eelgrass (Zostera marina)
L. Yu, M. Khachaturyan, M. Matschiner, A. Healey, D. Bauer, B. Cameron, M. Cusson, J. E. Duffy, F. J. Fodrie, D. Gill, J. Grimwood, M. Hori, K. Hovel, A. R. Hughes, M. Jahnke, , T. B. H. Reusch
The paper reconstructs the colonization history of eelgrass using genomic data, showing trans-Pacific currents drove its spread and Atlantic populations arrived more recently with lower genetic diversity.
bioRxiv · Dec 10, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology