Genomic evidence for polyphyletic origins and interlineage gene flow within complex taxa: a case study ofPicea brachytylain the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 2373-2386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dafu Ru ◽  
Kangshan Mao ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Xiaojuan Wang ◽  
Zhiqiang Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau

scholarly journals Distribution and characteristics of large landslides in a fault zone: a case study of the NE Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Geomorphology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 107592
Author(s):  
Tianjun Qi ◽  
Xingmin Meng ◽  
Feng Qing ◽  
Yan Zhao ◽  
Wei Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fault Zone ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau

scholarly journals Population Transcriptomics Reveals Gene Flow and Introgression Between Two Non-sister Alpine Gentians

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunlin Chen ◽  
Wenjie Yang ◽  
Jianquan Liu ◽  
Zhenxiang Xi ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Interspecific Gene Flow ◽  
Climatic Oscillations ◽  
Distributional Shifts ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau ◽  
Two Populations ◽  
Hybridization And Introgression

Distributional shifts driven by Quaternary climatic oscillations have been suggested to cause interspecific hybridization and introgression. In this study, we aimed to test this hypothesis by using population transcriptomes and coalescent modeling of two alpine none-sister gentians. Previous studies suggested that historical hybridizations occurred between Gentiana siphonantha and G. straminea in the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau although both species are not sister to each other with the most recent divergence. In the present study, we sequenced transcriptomes of 33 individuals from multiple populations of G. siphonantha and G. straminea. The two species are well delimited by nuclear genomic SNPs while phylogenetic analyses of plastomes clustered one G. straminea individual into the G. siphonantha group. Further population structure analyses of the nuclear SNPs suggested that two populations of G. siphonantha were admixed with around 15% ancestry from G. straminea. These analyses suggested genetic introgressions from G. straminea to G. siphonantha. In addition, our coalescent-based modeling results revealed that gene flow occurred between the two species since Last Glacier Maximum after their initial divergence, which might have leaded to the observed introgressions. Our results underscore the significance of transcriptome population data in determining timescale of interspecific gene flow and direction of the resulting introgression.

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