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Genome Evolution in Outcrossing Versus Selfing Versus Asexual Species

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A major current molecular evolution challenge is to link comparative genomic patterns to species’ biology and ecology. Breeding systems are pivotal because they affect many population genetic processes, and thus genome evolution. We review theoretical predictions and empirical evidence about molecular evolutionary processes under three distinct breeding systems—outcrossing, selfing, and asexuality. Breeding systems may have a profound impact on genome evolution, including molecular evolutionary rates, base composition, genomic conflict, and possibly genome size. However, while asexual species essentially conform to theoretical predictions, the situation is less simple in selfing species. We discuss the possible reasons to potentially explain this paradox. In reverse, comparative and population genomic data and approaches help revisiting old questions on the long-term evolution of breeding systems.

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Acknowledgments

We thank three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments to improve the manuscript. This work was supported by ARCAD, a flagship project of Agropolis Fondation, an ERC grant (PopPhyl) to N.G., and the CoGeBi program (grant number ANR-08-GENM-036-01). This publication is the contribution ISEM 2012-006 of the Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier (UMR 5554—CNRS).

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Glémin, S., Galtier, N. (2012). Genome Evolution in Outcrossing Versus Selfing Versus Asexual Species. In: Anisimova, M. (eds) Evolutionary Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 855. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-582-4_11

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