Hybrid origin of Populus tomentosa Carr. identified through genome sequencing and phylogenomic analysis
Xinmin An, Kai Gao, Zhong Chen, Juan Li, Xiong Yang, Xiaoyu Yang, Jing Zhou, Ting Guo, Tianyun Zhao, Sai Huang, Deyu Miao, Wasif Ullah Khan, Pian Rao, Meixia Ye, Bingqi Lei, , Steven H. Strauss
This study identifies the hybrid origin of Populus tomentosa through genome sequencing and phylogenomic analysis, revealing it resulted from hybridization between Populus adenopoda and Populus alba var. pyramidalis around 3.93 Mya.
bioRxiv · Apr 7, 2020 · PreprintGenomics