Geographic-genomic and geographic-phenotypic differentiation of the Aquilegia viridiflora complex.

ABSTRACT: How species diverge into different lineages is a central issue in evolutionary biology. Despite the increasing evidence indicating that such divergences do not need geographic isolation, the correlation between lineage divergence and the adaptive ecological divergence of phenotype corresponding to distribution is still unknown. In addition, gene flow has been widely detected during and through such diverging processes. We used one widely distributed Aquilegia viridiflora complex as a model system to examine genomic differentiation and corresponding phenotypic variations along geographic gradients. Our phenotypic analyses of 20 populations from northwest to northeast China identified two phenotypic groups along the geographic cline. All examined traits are distinct from each other, a

SUBMITTER: Zhang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163360 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature