Perspective - Extending genomics to natural communities and ecosystems

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作者
Whitham, Thomas G. [1 ,2 ]
DiFazio, Stephen P. [3 ]
Schweitzer, Jennifer A. [4 ]
Shuster, Stephen M. [1 ,2 ]
Allan, Gery J. [1 ,2 ]
Bailey, Joseph K. [4 ]
Woolbright, Scott A. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] No Arizona Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA
[2] No Arizona Univ, Merriam Powell Ctr Environm Res, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA
[3] W Virginia Univ, Dept Biol, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA
[4] Univ Tennessee, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1126/science.1153918
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
An important step in the integration of ecology and genomics is the progression from molecular studies of relatively simple model systems to complex field systems. The recent availability of sequenced genomes from key plants is leading to a new understanding of the molecular drivers of community composition and ecosystem processes. As genome sequences accumulate for species that form intimate associations in nature, a detailed view may emerge as to how these associations cause changes among species at the nucleotide level. This advance could dramatically alter views about the structure and evolution of communities and ecosystems.
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页码:492 / 495
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