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Genome of selfing Siberian Arabidopsis lyrata explains establishment of allopolyploid Arabidopsis kamchatica

Kolesnikova, U.; Scott, A. D.; Van de Velde, J. D.; Burns, R.; Tikhomirov, N. P.; Pfordt, U.; Clarke, A. C.; Yant, L.; Vekemans, X.; Laurent, S.; Novikova, P. Y.

2022-06-27 plant biology
10.1101/2022.06.24.497443 bioRxiv
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A transition to selfing can be beneficial when mating partners are scarce, for example, due to ploidy changes or at species range edges. Here we explain how self-compatibility evolved in diploid Siberian Arabidopsis lyrata, and how it contributed to the establishment of allotetraploid A. kamchatica. First, we provide chromosome-level genome assemblies for two self-fertilizing diploid A. lyrata accessions, one from North America and one from Siberia, including a fully assembled S-locus for the latter. We then propose a sequence of events leading to the loss of self-incompatibility in Siberian A. lyrata, date this independent transition to [~]90 Kya, and infer evolutionary relationships between Siberian and North American A. lyrata, showing an independent transition to selfing in Siberia. Finally, we provide evidence that this selfing Siberian A. lyrata lineage contributed to the formation of the allotetraploid A. kamchatica and propose that the selfing of the latter is mediated by the loss-of-function mutation in a dominant S-allele inherited from A. lyrata.

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