Abstract
AbstractElucidating the genetic and epigenetic bases underlying species diversification is crucial to understanding the evolution and persistence of biodiversity. As a well-known horticultural plant grown worldwide, the genus Aquilegia (columbine) is also a model system in adaptive radiation research. In this study, we surveyed the genomes and DNA methylomes of ten representative Aquilegia species from the Asian, European and North American lineages. Our inferences of the phylogenies and population structure revealed clearly high genetic and DNA methylomic divergence across the three lineages. By multi-levelled genome-wide scanning, we identified candidate genes exhibiting lineage-specific genetic or epigenetic variation patterns that are signatures of inter-specific divergence. We demonstrated that these species diversification-associated genetic variations and epigenetic variabilities were partially independent but were both functionally related to various biological processes vital to adaptation, including stress tolerance, cell reproduction and DNA repair. Our study provides an exploratory overview of how the established genetic and epigenetic signatures are associated with the rapid radiation of Aquilegia species.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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