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Large chromosomal variants drive adaptation in sunflowers

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Analysis of genomic and phenotypic data in Helianthus species demonstrates that large chromosomal regions contribute to multiple traits associated with distinct ecotypes.

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Fig. 1: A phylogeny of the taxa studied in Todesco et al.2 that provides the estimated divergence time between species and subspecies on each node.

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Zhou, Y., Gaut, B.S. Large chromosomal variants drive adaptation in sunflowers. Nat. Plants 6, 734–735 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0705-4

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