Gentree upside down: local adaptation of Nothofagus pumilio along environmental gradients in the Andes

GUILLERMINA DALLA SALDA; ALEJANDRO MARTÍNEZ MEIER; PASTORINO, MARIO; MARÍA VERÓNICA ARANA; MARCHELLI, PAULA; LARS OPGENOORTH; CAROLINA SOLIANI; SEKELEY JILL; KATRIN HEER; MARÍA GABRIELA MATTERA; IVAN SCOTTI

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Conferencia; Gentree Conference Genetics to the rescue: managing forests sustainably in a changing world; 2020

GENTREE PROJECT

The Andes mountain range is an ideal study site for local adaptation because it has strong environmental gradients, including a north-south day length gradient and a west-east precipitation gradient. Nothofagus pumilio is a common, widespread tree species that grows along these gradients, and therefore we can use it to study local adaptation in situ. Specifically, we aim to identify the genetic and phenotypic bases of local adaptation and to determine the spatial extent of gene flow and major environmental clines. This project uses similar sampling designs, methods and rationale as GenTree.