Pervasive Genomic Signatures of Local Adaptation to Altitude Across Highland Specialist Andean Hummingbird Populations

• Published in: The Journal of heredity Vol. 112; no. 3; pp. 229 - 240
• Main Authors: Lim, Marisa C W, Bi, Ke, Witt, Christopher C, Graham, Catherine H, Dávalos, Liliana M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 24.05.2021
• Subjects: Acclimatization - genetics; Altitude; Animals; Birds - genetics; Editor's Choice; Gene Flow; Genomics; Original; Peru; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Peru; gene flow; clinal variation; high-elevation; exon capture

Abstract Populations along steep environmental gradients are subject to differentiating selection that can result in local adaptation, despite countervailing gene flow, and genetic drift. In montane systems, where species are often restricted to narrow ranges of elevation, it is unclear whether the...