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Multilocus patterns of nucleotide diversity, population structure and linkage disequilibrium in Boechera stricta, a wild relative of Arabidopsi

Authors :
National Science Foundation (US)
National Institutes of Health (US)
Max Planck Society
Song, Bao-Hua
Windsor, Aaron J.
Schmid, Karl J.
Ramos-Onsins, Sebastian E.
Schranz, M. Eric
Heidel, Andrew J.
Mitchell-Olds, Thomas
National Science Foundation (US)
National Institutes of Health (US)
Max Planck Society
Song, Bao-Hua
Windsor, Aaron J.
Schmid, Karl J.
Ramos-Onsins, Sebastian E.
Schranz, M. Eric
Heidel, Andrew J.
Mitchell-Olds, Thomas
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

Information about polymorphism, population structure, and linkage disequilibrium (LD) is crucial for association studies of complex trait variation. However, most genomewide studies have focused on model systems, with very few analyses of undisturbed natural populations. Here, we sequenced 86 mapped nuclear loci for a sample of 46 genotypes of Boechera stricta and two individuals of B. holboellii, both wild relatives of Arabidopsis. Isolation by distance was significant across the species range of B. stricta, and three geographic groups were identified by structure analysis, principal coordinates analysis, and distance-based phylogeny analyses. The allele frequency spectrum indicated a genomewide deviation from an equilibrium neutral model, with silent nucleotide diversity averaging 0.004. LD decayed rapidly, declining to background levels in ∼10 kb or less. For tightly linked SNPs separated by <1 kb, LD was dependent on the reference population. LD was lower in the specieswide sample than within populations, suggesting that low levels of LD found in inbreeding species such as B. stricta, Arabidopsis thaliana, and barley may result from broad geographic sampling that spans heterogeneous genetic groups. Finally, analyses also showed that inbreeding B. stricta and A. thaliana have ∼45% higher recombination per kilobase than outcrossing A. lyrata.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1286581205
Document Type :
Electronic Resource