Plant BiologybioRxiv
The western redcedar genome reveals low genetic diversity in a self-compatible conifer
T. J. Shalev, O. Gamal El-Dien, M. M. S. Yuen…·J. Bohlmann
The paper assembles the western redcedar genome and finds it has low genetic diversity, suggesting mechanisms like associative overdominance maintain genetic variation despite selfing.
DOI 10.1101/gr.276358.121