Contrasting patterns of local adaptation along climatic gradients between a sympatric parasitic and autotrophic tree species

• Published in: Molecular ecology Vol. 29; no. 16; pp. 3022 - 3037
• Main Authors: Walters, Sheree J., Robinson, Todd P., Byrne, Margaret, Wardell‐Johnson, Grant W., Nevill, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Adaptation; Bioclimatology; Climate change; comparative genomics; Environmental organizations; generalist parasite; genetic variation; genome; genome scans; Genomes; genotype–environment association; Herbivores; Hypotheses; landscape genomics; Life history; Melaleuca; Nucleotides; Parasites; Parasitic plants; parasitic species; Plant species; Population differentiation; Precipitation; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Species; Sympatric populations; sympatry; temperature; Trees

Sympatric tree species are subject to similar climatic drivers, posing a question as to whether they display comparable adaptive responses. However, no study has explicitly examined local adaptation of co‐occurring parasitic and autotrophic plant species to the abiotic environment. Here we test the...