Unveiling the Genome-Wide Consequences of Range Expansion and Mating System Transitions in Primula vulgaris

Mora-Carrera, Emiliano; Stubbs, Rebecca L; Potente, Giacomo; Yousefi, Narjes; Aeschbacher, Simon; Keller, Barbara; Choudhury, Rimjhim Roy; Celep, Ferhat; Kochjarová, Judita; de Vos, Jurriaan M; Szövenyi, Peter; Conti, Elena

doi:10.5167/uzh-263281

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Mora-Carrera, E., Stubbs, R. L., Potente, G., Yousefi, N., Aeschbacher, S., Keller, B., Choudhury, R. R., Celep, F., Kochjarová, J., de Vos, J. M., Szövenyi, P., & Conti, E. (2024). Unveiling the Genome-Wide Consequences of Range Expansion and Mating System Transitions in Primula vulgaris. Genome Biology and Evolution, 16, evae208. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae208

Abstract

Genetic diversity is heterogeneously distributed among populations of the same species, due to the joint effects of multiple demographic processes, including range contractions and expansions, and mating systems shifts. Here, we ask how both processes shape genomic diversity in space and time in the classical Primula vulgaris model. This perennial herb originated in the Caucasus region and was hypothesized to have expanded westward following glacial retreat in the Quaternary. Moreover, this species is a long-standing model for mating