Common gardens in teosintes reveal the establishment of a syndrome of adaptation to altitude
M.-A. Fustier, N. E. Martinez-Ainsworth, J. Aguirre-Liguori, A. Venon, H. Corti, A. Rousselet, F. Dumas, H. Dittberner, M. G. Camarena, D. Grimanelli, O. Ovaskainen, M. Falque, L. Moreau, J. de Meaux, S. Montes-Hernandez, , M. I. Tenaillon
The paper identifies an altitudinal syndrome in teosintes through common garden experiments and genomic analysis, showing pleiotropy and adaptive variants relevant for maize breeding.
bioRxiv · Dec 21, 2019Evolutionary Biology