Genetic consequences of Last Glacial-Holocene changes in snowfall regime in Arnica mallotopus populations: A plant confined to heavy-snow areas of Japan.

Kazutoshi Masuda Hiroaki Setoguchi Koki Nagasawa Shun K Hirota Yoshihisa SuyamaKazuhiro SawaShigeru FukumotoMasae I Ishihara Harue AbeHayato TsuboiTsuguoki TangoSayoko MoriShota Sakaguchi

Published in: American journal of botany (2024)

These findings indicate that postglacial population responses vary among regions and are controlled by environmental and geographic factors. Thus, changes in snowfall regime played a major role in shaping the distribution and genetic structure of the snow-dependent plant.

Keyphrases

genome wide
copy number
gene expression
dna methylation
risk assessment
human health
climate change