Putative Signals of Generalist Plant Species Adaptation to Local Pollinator Communities and Abiotic Factors.

ABSTRACT: The reproductive success of flowering plants with generalized pollination systems is influenced by interactions with a diverse pollinator community and abiotic factors. However, knowledge about the adaptative potential of plants to complex ecological networks and the underlying genetic mechanisms is still limited. Based on a pool-sequencing approach of 21 natural populations of Brassica incana in Southern Italy, we combined a genome-environmental association analysis with a genome scan for signals of population genomic differentiation to discover genetic variants associated with the ecological variation. We identified genomic regions putatively involved in the adaptation of B. incana to the identity of local pollinator functional categories and pollinator community composition. Interesting

SUBMITTER: Frachon L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015620 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature