Evidence for selection on a CONSTANS-like gene between two red oak species

• DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu019
• Publication Date: 2014-03-11T01:26:57Z
• Authors: Jennifer F. Lind-...; Alexis R. Sullivan; Oliver Gailing
• Keywords: Genetic algorithm; Ecological selection; Directional selection

Hybridizing species such as oaks may provide a model to study the role of selection in speciation with gene flow. Discrete species' identities and different adaptations are maintained among closely related oak despite recurrent This is probably due ecologically mediated at few key genes or genomic regions. Neutrality tests can be applied identify so-called outlier loci, which demonstrate locus-specific signatures divergent candidate for further study.