Genomic signatures of adaptation in seed traits in the wild plant Brassica incana
Abstract Seed traits underlying germination, by determining the environment experienced by plants throughout their lifetime, can play a key role in shaping plants’ adaptive strategies. However, the genomic bases of adaptation in seed traits and its link with local biotic and abiotic environments rem...
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| author | Lucrezia Laccetti Angelino Carta Maria Rosaria Barone Lumaga Léa Frachon Giovanni Scopece |
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| description | Abstract Seed traits underlying germination, by determining the environment experienced by plants throughout their lifetime, can play a key role in shaping plants’ adaptive strategies. However, the genomic bases of adaptation in seed traits and its link with local biotic and abiotic environments remain largely unexplored. Here, we used a pool-sequencing approach combining genome-wide association (GWA), genome-environment association (GEA) and a genome wide scan of a spatial genomic differentiation index (XTX) to identify putative signatures of adaptation in seed traits and to climate and pollinator community across 14 populations of the wild plant species Brassica incana. We observed a complex genetic architecture potentially involved in seed trait adaptation, which varied depending on the seed trait function. Also, we identified several candidate genes simultaneously linked to signals of adaptation in seed traits and local abiotic or biotic conditions. These results expand our understanding on the adaptive value of seed traits, on its interaction with environmental conditions and on its potential for shaping the evolutionary trajectory of wild plant populations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-be417dd8efdf4339b795072faadc5e0e2025-08-20T04:03:06ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Biology2399-36422025-08-018111110.1038/s42003-025-08673-wGenomic signatures of adaptation in seed traits in the wild plant Brassica incanaLucrezia Laccetti0Angelino Carta1Maria Rosaria Barone Lumaga2Léa Frachon3Giovanni Scopece4Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico IIDepartment of Biology, University of PisaDepartment of Biology, University of Naples Federico IIDepartment Agroécologie, INRAE, Instiut Agro., Univ. Bourgogne Franche-ComtéDepartment of Biology, University of Naples Federico IIAbstract Seed traits underlying germination, by determining the environment experienced by plants throughout their lifetime, can play a key role in shaping plants’ adaptive strategies. However, the genomic bases of adaptation in seed traits and its link with local biotic and abiotic environments remain largely unexplored. Here, we used a pool-sequencing approach combining genome-wide association (GWA), genome-environment association (GEA) and a genome wide scan of a spatial genomic differentiation index (XTX) to identify putative signatures of adaptation in seed traits and to climate and pollinator community across 14 populations of the wild plant species Brassica incana. We observed a complex genetic architecture potentially involved in seed trait adaptation, which varied depending on the seed trait function. Also, we identified several candidate genes simultaneously linked to signals of adaptation in seed traits and local abiotic or biotic conditions. These results expand our understanding on the adaptive value of seed traits, on its interaction with environmental conditions and on its potential for shaping the evolutionary trajectory of wild plant populations.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08673-w |
| spellingShingle | Lucrezia Laccetti Angelino Carta Maria Rosaria Barone Lumaga Léa Frachon Giovanni Scopece Genomic signatures of adaptation in seed traits in the wild plant Brassica incana Communications Biology |
| title | Genomic signatures of adaptation in seed traits in the wild plant Brassica incana |
| title_full | Genomic signatures of adaptation in seed traits in the wild plant Brassica incana |
| title_fullStr | Genomic signatures of adaptation in seed traits in the wild plant Brassica incana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genomic signatures of adaptation in seed traits in the wild plant Brassica incana |
| title_short | Genomic signatures of adaptation in seed traits in the wild plant Brassica incana |
| title_sort | genomic signatures of adaptation in seed traits in the wild plant brassica incana |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08673-w |
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