Massive haplotypes underlie ecotypic differentiation in sunflowers
M. Todesco, G. L. Owens, N. Bercovich, J.-S. Legare, S. Soudi, D. O. Burge, K. Huang, K. L. Ostevik, E. B. M. Drummond, I. Imerovski, K. Lande, M. A. Pascual, W. Cheung, S. E. Staton, S. Munos, , L. H. Rieseberg
The paper identifies large haplotype blocks associated with ecotypic differentiation in sunflowers, showing how structural variation maintains adaptive alleles despite hybridization.
bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2019Evolutionary Biology