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- Title
Comparative transcriptomics reveals divergence in pathogen response gene families amongst 20 forest tree species.
- Authors
Mengmeng Lu; Min Cao; Jie Yang; Swenson, Nathan G.
- Abstract
Forest trees provide critical ecosystem services for humanity that are under threat due to ongoing global change. Measuring and characterizing genetic diversity are key to understanding adaptive potential and developing strategies to mitigate negative consequences arising from climate change. In the area of forest genetic diversity, genetic divergence caused by large-scale changes at the chromosomal level has been largely understudied. In this study, we used the RNA-seq data of 20 co-occurring forest trees species from genera including Acer, Alnus, Amelanchier, Betula, Cornus, Corylus, Dirca, Fraxinus, Ostrya, Populus, Prunus, Quercus, Ribes, Tilia, and Ulmus sampled from Upper Peninsula of Michigan. These data were used to infer the origin and maintenance of gene family variation, species divergence time, as well as gene family expansion and contraction. We identified a signal of common whole genome duplication events shared by core eudicots. We also found rapid evolution, namely fast expansion or fast contraction of gene families, in plant--pathogen interaction genes amongst the studied diploid species. Finally, the results lay the foundation for further research on the genetic diversity and adaptive capacity of forest trees, which will inform forest management and conservation policies.
- Subjects
UPPER Peninsula (Mich.); MICHIGAN; GENE families; TRANSCRIPTOMES; ALDER; SPECIES; PRUNUS; GENETIC variation; FOREST conservation
- Publication
G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
2160-1836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/g3journal/jkad233