Genomic data support the revision of provenance regions delimitation for Scots pine
Data files
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Lasek_et_al.zip
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README.md
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Abstract
Scots pine is a key component of large ecosystems of great ecological, economic, and social importance in Europe and Asia, and is a major utility species that accounts for more than 60% of total forest production in Poland. To date, due to the lack of suitable molecular tools, the genetic relationships between ecotypes of key conservatory and commercial value in Poland and the genetic signatures of their variation remain unclear. We analysed the distribution of maternally inherited mitochondrial markers, nuclear microsatellite loci, and polymorphisms at thousands of SNP markers from the genotyping array to examine genetic relationships and divergence in 27 populations (842 trees) representing the most valuable Polish Scots pine ecotypes. They include the oldest stands and cover all 23 seed zones defined for the species in the country. Analysis of the distribution of genetic variation, population differentiation, and genetic structure in all markers indicates high genetic similarity and homogeneous structure across populations, except for a single stand from the mountain region. More than 99% of the genetic variation in nuclear markers was shared in all populations. Multilevel genomics data suggest that during the postglacial recolonization process, populations of different origins admixed in central Europe and newly established Scots pine forests did not diverge significantly, resulting in populations that share a common history. The results are important in the discussion on regionalisation of reforestation material, delineation of seed zone boundaries, and existing management strategies for the most valuable breeding populations of forest tree species that are under increasing pressure from ongoing environmental changes
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.0cfxpnw9q
The dataset contains genotype data from 27 populations of Scots pines and 841 individual trees. Three sets of markers are provided here: mtDNA, nSSR, and SNP. The details regarding plant material collection can be found in the original manuscript.
Description of the data and file structure
The files are stored as Lasek_et_al.zip archive, which contains separate folders for each type of marker. Those folders are called: MtDNA_dataset, SSR_dataset, SNP_dataset. Each folder contains a genotype file and a README file with a brief description of its structure.
- Lasek, Martyna; Zaborowska, Julia; Łabiszak, Bartosz et al. (2024). Genomic Data Support the Revision of Provenance Regions Delimitation for Scots Pine. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70038
