title: Signatures of demography and recombination at coding genes in naturally-distributed populations of Arabidopsis lyrata subsp. petraea.
abstract: Demography impacts the observed standing level of genetic diversity present in populations. Distinguishing the relative impacts of demography from selection requires a baseline of expressed gene variation in naturally occurring populations. Six nuclear genes were sequenced to estimate the patterns and levels of genetic diversity in natural Arabidopsis lyrata subsp. petraea populations that differ in demographic histories since the Pleistocene. As expected, northern European populations have genetic signatures of a strong population bottleneck likely due to glaciation during the Pleistocene. Levels of diversity in the northern populations are about half of that in central European populations. Bayesian estimates of historical population size changes indicate that central European populations also have signatures of population size change since the last glacial maxima, suggesting that these populations are not as stable as previously thought. Time since divergence amongst northern European populations is higher than amongst central European populations, suggesting that the northern European populations were established before the Pleistocene and survived glaciation in small separated refugia. Estimates of demography based on expressed genes are complementary to estimates based on microsatellites and transposable elements, elucidating temporal shifts in population dynamics and confirming the importance of marker selection for tests of demography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Vigueira
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rauh
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitchell-Olds
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lawton-Rauh
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D044822:Biodiversity; D005060:Europe; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D017343:Genes, Plant; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005843:Geography; D006239:Haplotypes; D011156:Population Density; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
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