Arabidopsis -: a model genus for speciation
Arabidopsis -: a model genus for speciation
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DOI：
10.1016/j.gde.2007.09.006
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
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4
通讯作者：
Weigel, Detlef
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作者：
Bomblies, Kirsten;Weigel, Detlef
哪些遗传和表观遗传变化是适应和分化的基础？拟南芥及其近缘植物越来越多地被用来解决进化生物学的核心问题。例如，比较、基因组和经典遗传学方法正在揭示与物种形成相关的过程的机制，包括交配系统进化、倍性和其他染色体差异的影响，以及特定基因在 Dobzhansky-Muller 型不相容性中可能发挥的作用。拟南芥的大量知识和资源以及应用于其近亲的工具和技术的改进为结合实验和比较分析以阐明进化的基本机制打开了大门。
What genetic and epigenetic changes underlie adaptation and divergence? Arabidopsis thaliana and its relatives are increasingly being employed to address such central questions of evolutionary biology. For example, comparative, genomic and classical genetic approaches are revealing mechanisms underlying processes relevant to speciation, including mating system evolution, the effects of ploidy and other chromosomal differences, and the roles that specific genes might play in Dobzhansky-Muller type incompatibilities. The considerable body of knowledge and resources available for A. thaliana and improvements in tools and technology applied to its close relatives are opening doors for combining experimental and comparative analyses to elucidate fundamental mechanisms of evolution.