The genomics of adaptation to climate in European great tit (Parus major) populations.

ABSTRACT: The recognition that climate change is occurring at an unprecedented rate means that there is increased urgency in understanding how organisms can adapt to a changing environment. Wild great tit (Parus major) populations represent an attractive ecological model system to understand the genomics of climate adaptation. They are widely distributed across Eurasia and they have been documented to respond to climate change. We performed a Bayesian genome-environment analysis, by combining local climate data with single nucleotide polymorphisms genotype data from 20 European populations (broadly spanning the species' continental range). We found 36 genes putatively linked to adaptation to climate. Following an enrichment analysis of biological process Gene Ontology (GO) terms, we identifie

SUBMITTER: Stonehouse JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10872194 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature