Pleistocene climate changes explain large-scale genetic variation in a dominant grassland species, Lolium perenne L.
J.L. Blanco-Pastor, S. Manel, P. Barre, A.M. Roschanski, E. Willner, K.J. Dehmer, M. Hegarty, H. Muylle, T. Ruttink, I. Roldán-Ruiz, T. Ledauphin, A. Escobar-Gutierrez, J.P. Sampoux
This study shows that Pleistocene climate changes, not recent agriculture, shaped the large-scale genetic variation in Lolium perenne across Europe.
bioRxiv · Sep 11, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology