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EVOLUTION LETTERS
卷 6, 期 1, 页码 4-20出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1002/evl3.269
关键词
Anthropocene; evolution; linked selection; Little Ice Age; Quercus petraea
资金
- European Research Council [FP7-339728]
- France Genomique [ANR-10-INBS-09-08]
- French Forest Service (ONF) (INRAE-ONF TREEPEACE contract)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31972946]
The study used a retrospective approach to monitor genomic changes in oak trees since the Little Ice Age, revealing a shift of selection during recent periods of the Anthropocene. Genetic covariances of allelic frequency changes increased between successive time periods, mirroring documented changes in occurrence of extreme events over the last 300 years. Genomic regions with highest covariances were enriched in genes involved in plant responses to pathogens and abiotic stresses, supporting adaptive evolution of long-lived species during recent climatic changes.
The pace of tree microevolution during Anthropocene warming is largely unknown. We used a retrospective approach to monitor genomic changes in oak trees since the Little Ice Age (LIA). Allelic frequency changes were assessed from whole-genome pooled sequences for four age-structured cohorts of sessile oak (Quercus petraea) dating back to 1680, in each of three different oak forests in France. The genetic covariances of allelic frequency changes increased between successive time periods, highlighting genome-wide effects of linked selection. We found imprints of parallel linked selection in the three forests during the late LIA, and a shift of selection during more recent time periods of the Anthropocene. The changes in allelic covariances within and between forests mirrored the documented changes in the occurrence of extreme events (droughts and frosts) over the last 300 years. The genomic regions with the highest covariances were enriched in genes involved in plant responses to pathogens and abiotic stresses (temperature and drought). These responses are consistent with the reported sequence of frost (or drought) and disease damage ultimately leading to the oak dieback after extreme events. They provide support for adaptive evolution of long-lived species during recent climatic changes. Although we acknowledge that other sources (e.g., gene flow, generation overlap) may have contributed to temporal covariances of allelic frequency changes, the consistent and correlated response across the three forests lends support to the existence of a systematic driving force such as natural selection.
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