demographic and genetic patterns of variation among populations of arabidopsis thaliana from contrasting native environments人口和种群之间的遗传变异模式对比的拟南芥原生环境.pdfVIP

Demographic and Genetic Patterns of Variation among Populations of Arabidopsis thaliana from Contrasting Native Environments 1,2 2 3 ´ 1 Alicia Montesinos , Stephen J. Tonsor , Carlos Alonso-Blanco , F. Xavier Pico * ´ ´ ´ ˜ ´ 1 Departamento de Ecologıa Integrativa, Estacion Biologica de Donana (EBD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientıficas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain, 2 Department of ´ Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 3 Departamento de Genetica Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de ´ ´ Biotecnologıa (CNB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientıficas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain Abstract Background: Understanding the relationship between environment and genetics requires the integration of knowledge on the demographic behavior of natural populations. However, the demographic performance and genetic composition of Arabidopsis thaliana populations in the species’ native environments remain largely uncharacterized. This information, in combination with the advances on the study of gene function, will improve our understanding on the genetic mechanisms underlying adaptive evolution in A. thaliana. Methodology/Principal Findings: We report the extent of environmental, demographic, and genetic variation among 10 A. thaliana populations from Mediterranean (coastal) and Pyrenean (montane) native environments in northeas