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De Novo Mutation and Rapid Protein (Co-)evolution during Meiotic Adaptation in Arabidopsis arenosa (2021)
Journal Article
Bohutínská, M., Handrick, V., Yant, L., Schmickl, R., Kolář, F., Bomblies, K., & Paajanen, P. (2021). De Novo Mutation and Rapid Protein (Co-)evolution during Meiotic Adaptation in Arabidopsis arenosa. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(5), 1980-1994. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab001

A sudden shift in environment or cellular context necessitates rapid adaptation. A dramatic example is genome duplication, which leads to polyploidy. In such situations, the waiting time for new mutations might be prohibitive; theoretical and empiric... Read More about De Novo Mutation and Rapid Protein (Co-)evolution during Meiotic Adaptation in Arabidopsis arenosa.

Maintenance of Adaptive Dynamics and No Detectable Load in a Range-Edge Outcrossing Plant Population (2021)
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Takou, M., Hämälä, T., Koch, E. M., Steige, K. A., Dittberner, H., Yant, L., Genete, M., Sunyaev, S., Castric, V., Vekemans, X., Savolainen, O., & Meaux, J. D. (2021). Maintenance of Adaptive Dynamics and No Detectable Load in a Range-Edge Outcrossing Plant Population. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(5), 1820-1836. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa322

During range expansion, edge populations are expected to face increased genetic drift, which in turn can alter and potentially compromise adaptive dynamics, preventing the removal of deleterious mutations and slowing down adaptation. Here, we contras... Read More about Maintenance of Adaptive Dynamics and No Detectable Load in a Range-Edge Outcrossing Plant Population.

The Evolutionary Genomics of Serpentine Adaptation (2020)
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Konečná, V., Yant, L., & Kolář, F. (2020). The Evolutionary Genomics of Serpentine Adaptation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, Article 574616. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.574616

© Copyright © 2020 Konečná, Yant and Kolář. Serpentine barrens are among the most challenging settings for plant life. Representing a perfect storm of hazards, serpentines consist of broadly skewed elemental profiles, including abundant toxic metals... Read More about The Evolutionary Genomics of Serpentine Adaptation.

Help or hindrance? The evolutionary impact of whole-genome duplication on immunogenetic diversity and parasite load (2020)
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Bell, E. A., Cable, J., Oliveira, C., Richardson, D. S., Yant, L., & Taylor, M. I. (2020). Help or hindrance? The evolutionary impact of whole-genome duplication on immunogenetic diversity and parasite load. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6987

© 2020 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Whole-genome duplication (WGD) events occur in all kingdoms and have been hypothesized to promote adaptability. WGDs identified in the early history of vertebrates, teleo... Read More about Help or hindrance? The evolutionary impact of whole-genome duplication on immunogenetic diversity and parasite load.

Formation and diversification of a paradigm biosynthetic gene cluster in plants (2020)
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Liu, Z., Cheema, J., Vigouroux, M., Hill, L., Reed, J., Paajanen, P., Yant, L., & Osbourn, A. (2020). Formation and diversification of a paradigm biosynthetic gene cluster in plants. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 5354. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19153-6

© 2020, The Author(s). Numerous examples of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), including for compounds of agricultural and medicinal importance, have now been discovered in plant genomes. However, little is known about how these complex traits are as... Read More about Formation and diversification of a paradigm biosynthetic gene cluster in plants.

A novel allele of ASY3 is associated with greater meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata (2020)
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Seear, P. J., France, M. G., Gregory, C. L., Heavens, D., Schmickl, R., Yant, L., & Higgins, J. D. (2020). A novel allele of ASY3 is associated with greater meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata. PLoS Genetics, 16(7), Article e1008900. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008900

In this study we performed a genotype-phenotype association analysis of meiotic stability in 10 autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata and A. lyrata/A. arenosa hybrid populations collected from the Wachau region and East Austrian Forealps. The aim was to... Read More about A novel allele of ASY3 is associated with greater meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata.

Polyploidy breaks speciation barriers in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus (2020)
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Novikova, P. Y., Brennan, I. G., Booker, W., Mahony, M., Doughty, P., Lemmon, A. R., Moriarty Lemmon, E., Roberts, J. D., Yant, L., Van de Peer, Y., Keogh, J. S., & Donnellan, S. C. (2020). Polyploidy breaks speciation barriers in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus. PLoS Genetics, 16(5), Article e1008769. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008769

Polyploidy has played an important role in evolution across the tree of life but it is still unclear how polyploid lineages may persist after their initial formation. While both common and well-studied in plants, polyploidy is rare in animals and gen... Read More about Polyploidy breaks speciation barriers in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus.

A novel allele of ASY3 promotes meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Seear, P. J., France, M. G., Gregory, C. L., Heavens, D., Schmickl, R., Yant, L., & Higgins, J. D. A novel allele of ASY3 promotes meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata

In this study we performed a genotype-phenotype association analysis of meiotic stability in ten autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata and A. lyrata/A. arenosa hybrid populations collected from the Wachau region and East Austrian Forealps. The aim was to... Read More about A novel allele of ASY3 promotes meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata.

Interspecific introgression mediates adaptation to whole genome duplication (2019)
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Marburger, S., Monnahan, P., Seear, P. J., Martin, S. H., Koch, J., Paajanen, P., Bohutínská, M., Higgins, J. D., Schmickl, R., & Yant, L. (2019). Interspecific introgression mediates adaptation to whole genome duplication. Nature Communications, 10, Article 5218. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13159-5

Adaptive gene flow is a consequential phenomenon across all kingdoms. While recognition is increasing, examples lack of bidirectional gene flow mediating adaptations at loci that manage core processes. We previously discovered concerted molecular cha... Read More about Interspecific introgression mediates adaptation to whole genome duplication.

The genome-wide impact of cadmium on microRNA and mRNA expression in contrasting Cd responsive wheat genotypes (2019)
Journal Article
Zhou, M., Zheng, S., Liu, R., Lu, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, L., Yant, L., & Wu, Y. (2019). The genome-wide impact of cadmium on microRNA and mRNA expression in contrasting Cd responsive wheat genotypes. BMC Genomics, 20(1), Article 615. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-5939-z

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Heavy metal ATPases (HMAs) are responsible for Cd translocation and play a primary role in Cd detoxification in various plant species. However, the characteristics of HMAs and the regulatory mechanisms between HMAs a... Read More about The genome-wide impact of cadmium on microRNA and mRNA expression in contrasting Cd responsive wheat genotypes.

Genome-wide identification, phylogenetic and expression analysis of the heat shock transcription factor family in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (2019)
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Zhou, M., Zheng, S., Liu, R., Lu, J., Lu, L., Zhang, C., Liu, Z., Luo, C., Zhang, L., Yant, L., & Wu, Y. (2019). Genome-wide identification, phylogenetic and expression analysis of the heat shock transcription factor family in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). BMC Genomics, 20(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-5876-x

Background
Environmental toxicity from non-essential heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd), which is released from human activities and other environmental causes, is rapidly increasing. Wheat can accumulate high levels of Cd in edible tissues, which po... Read More about Genome-wide identification, phylogenetic and expression analysis of the heat shock transcription factor family in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

Convergent evolution in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis arenosa on calamine metalliferous soils (2019)
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Preite, V., Sailer, C., Syllwasschy, L., Bray, S., Ahmadi, H., Krämer, U., & Yant, L. (2019). Convergent evolution in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis arenosa on calamine metalliferous soils. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 374(1777), https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0243

© 2019 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License It is a plausible hypothesis that parallel adaptation events to the same environmental challenge should result in genetic changes of simila... Read More about Convergent evolution in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis arenosa on calamine metalliferous soils.

Whole genome duplication potentiates inter-specific hybridisation and niche shifts in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus (2019)
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Novikova, P. Y., Brennan, I. G., Booker, W., Mahony, M., Doughty, P., Lemmon, A. R., Lemmon, E. M., Yant, L., de Peer, Y. V., Keogh, J. S., & Donnellan, S. C. (2019). Whole genome duplication potentiates inter-specific hybridisation and niche shifts in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus

Polyploidy plays an important role in evolution because it can lead to increased genetic complexity and speciation. It also provides an extra copy buffer and increases genetic novelty. While both common and well-studied in plants, polyploidy is rare... Read More about Whole genome duplication potentiates inter-specific hybridisation and niche shifts in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus.

Pervasive population genomic consequences of genome duplication in Arabidopsis arenosa (2019)
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Monnahan, P., Kolář, F., Baduel, P., Sailer, C., Koch, J., Horvath, R., Laenen, B., Schmickl, R., Paajanen, P., Šrámková, G., Bohutínská, M., Arnold, B., Weisman, C. M., Marhold, K., Slotte, T., Bomblies, K., & Yant, L. (2019). Pervasive population genomic consequences of genome duplication in Arabidopsis arenosa. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3(3), 457-468. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0807-4

Ploidy-variable species allow direct inference of the effects of chromosome copy number on fundamental evolutionary processes. While an abundance of theoretical work suggests polyploidy should leave distinct population genomic signatures, empirical d... Read More about Pervasive population genomic consequences of genome duplication in Arabidopsis arenosa.

FT modulates genome-wide DNA-binding of the bZIP transcription factor FD (2019)
Journal Article
Collani, S., Neumann, M., Yant, L., & Schmid, M. (2019). FT modulates genome-wide DNA-binding of the bZIP transcription factor FD. Plant Physiology, 180(1), 367-380. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.01505

© 2019, American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved. The transition to flowering is a crucial step in the plant life cycle that is controlled by multiple endogenous and environmental cues, including hormones, sugars, temperature, and ph... Read More about FT modulates genome-wide DNA-binding of the bZIP transcription factor FD.

Fluctuating selection on migrant adaptive sodium transporter alleles in coastal Arabidopsis thaliana (2018)
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Busoms, S., Paajanen, P., Marburger, S., Bray, S., Huang, X.-Y., Poschenrieder, C., Yant, L., & Salt, D. E. (2018). Fluctuating selection on migrant adaptive sodium transporter alleles in coastal Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(52), E12443-E12452. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816964115

Stressors such as soil salinity and dehydration are major constraints on plant growth, causing worldwide crop losses. Compounding these insults, increasing climate volatility requires adaptation to fluctuating conditions. Salinity stress responses ar... Read More about Fluctuating selection on migrant adaptive sodium transporter alleles in coastal Arabidopsis thaliana.

The “Polyploid Hop”: shifting challenges and opportunities over the evolutionary lifespan of genome duplications (2018)
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Baduel, P., Bray, S., Vallejo-Marin, M., Kolář, F., & Yant, L. (2018). The “Polyploid Hop”: shifting challenges and opportunities over the evolutionary lifespan of genome duplications. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6(AUG), Article 117. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00117

© 2018 Baduel, Bray, Vallejo-Marin, Kolář and Yant. The duplication of an entire genome is no small affair. Whole genome duplication (WGD) is a dramatic mutation with long-lasting effects, yet it occurs repeatedly in all eukaryotic kingdoms. Plants a... Read More about The “Polyploid Hop”: shifting challenges and opportunities over the evolutionary lifespan of genome duplications.

Borrowed alleles and convergence in serpentine adaptation (2016)
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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

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... Read More about Borrowed alleles and convergence in serpentine adaptation.

Molecular basis for three-dimensional elaboration of the Aquilegia petal spur (2015)
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Yant, L., Collani, S., Puzey, J., Levy, C., & Kramer, E. M. (2015). Molecular basis for three-dimensional elaboration of the Aquilegia petal spur. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1803), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2778

By enforcing specific pollinator interactions, Aquilegia petal nectar spurs maintain reproductive isolation between species. Spur development is the result of three-dimensional elaboration from a comparatively two-dimensional primordium. Initiated by... Read More about Molecular basis for three-dimensional elaboration of the Aquilegia petal spur.