Pervasive historical introgression across oak phylogeny shapes gene expression
Yuxiang Zhu, Ruirui Fu, Mingming Zhang, YJ Li, Xinyue Teng, Jianmin Wu, Ying Liu, Yuqing Zhang, Yan Lin, Z Zhang, Chunmei Pang, Hanxing Wu, Antoine Kremer, Martin Lascoux, J K Chen
This study shows that introgression is widespread across oak phylogeny and affects gene expression through cis-regulation and DNA methylation decay.
bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology