Brian J. Arnold
Borrowed alleles and convergence in serpentine adaptation
Arnold, Brian J.; Lahner, Brett; DaCosta, Jeffrey M.; Weisman, Caroline M.; Hollister, Jesse D.; Salt, David E.; Bomblies, Kirsten; Yant, Levi
Authors
Brett Lahner
Jeffrey M. DaCosta
Caroline M. Weisman
Jesse D. Hollister
David E. Salt
Kirsten Bomblies
Professor LEVI YANT LEVI.YANT@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
PROFESSOR OF EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS
Abstract
Serpentine barrens represent extreme hazards for plant colonists. These sites are characterized by high porosity leading to drought, lack of essential mineral nutrients, and phytotoxic levels of metals. Nevertheless, nature forged populations adapted to these challenges. Here, we use a population-based evolutionary genomic approach coupled with elemental profiling to assess how autotetraploid Arabidopsis arenosa adapted to a multichallenge serpentine habitat in the Austrian Alps. We first demonstrate that serpentine-adapted plants exhibit dramatically altered elemental accumulation levels in common conditions, and then resequence 24 autotetraploid individuals from three populations to perform a genome scan. We find evidence for highly localized selective sweeps that point to a polygenic, multitrait basis for serpentine adaptation. Comparing our results to a previous study of independent serpentine colonizations in the closely related diploid Arabidopsis lyrata in the United Kingdom and United States, we find the highest levels of differentiation in 11 of the same loci, providing candidate alleles for mediating convergent evolution. This overlap between independent colonizations in different species suggests that a limited number of evolutionary strategies are suited to overcome the multiple challenges of serpentine adaptation. Interestingly, we detect footprints of selection in A. arenosa in the context of substantial gene flow from nearby off-serpentine populations of A. arenosa, as well as from A. lyrata. In several cases, quantitative tests of introgression indicate that some alleles exhibiting strong selective sweep signatures appear to have been introgressed from A. lyrata. This finding suggests that migrant alleles may have facilitated adaptation of A. arenosa to this multihazard environment.
Citation
Arnold, B. J., Lahner, B., DaCosta, J. M., Weisman, C. M., Hollister, J. D., Salt, D. E., Bomblies, K., & Yant, L. (2016). Borrowed alleles and convergence in serpentine adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(29), 8320-8325. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1600405113
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 26, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 29, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jul 19, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Dec 15, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 10, 2019 |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
Print ISSN | 0027-8424 |
Electronic ISSN | 1091-6490 |
Publisher | National Academy of Sciences |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 113 |
Issue | 29 |
Pages | 8320-8325 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1600405113 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1417317 |
Publisher URL | https://www.pnas.org/content/113/29/8320 |
Contract Date | Dec 15, 2018 |
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