Molecular Parallelism Underlies Convergent Highland Adaptation of Maize Landraces.

ABSTRACT: Convergent phenotypic evolution provides some of the strongest evidence for adaptation. However, the extent to which recurrent phenotypic adaptation has arisen via parallelism at the molecular level remains unresolved, as does the evolutionary origin of alleles underlying such adaptation. Here, we investigate genetic mechanisms of convergent highland adaptation in maize landrace populations and evaluate the genetic sources of recurrently selected alleles. Population branch excess statistics reveal substantial evidence of parallel adaptation at the level of individual single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs), genes, and pathways in four independent highland maize populations. The majority of convergently selected SNPs originated via migration from a single population, most likely in the Mesoam

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8382895 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature