Migration without interbreeding: evolutionary history of a highly selfing Mediterranean grass inferred from whole genomes
C. Stritt, E. L. Gimmi, M. Wyler, A. H. Bakali, A. Skalska, R. Hasterok, L. A. J. Mur, N. Pecchioni, A. C. Roulin
This study uses whole-genome data from Brachypodium distachyon to show that high selfing and seed dispersal interact to shape genetic structure, with independent lineage expansions during the Upper Pleistocene.
bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2020Evolutionary Biology