Publications by authors named "Paola Skeen"
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- Lima bean is a resilient crop with ecological adaptations from Mexico to Argentina, making it valuable for food security amid climate change.
- Researchers used advanced sequencing technologies to create a detailed chromosome-level genome assembly, identifying 28,326 gene models linked to disease resistance.
- Population genomic studies classified wild Lima beans into six clusters and highlighted distinct differences in mesoamerican landraces, while RNA-seq analysis uncovered genes important for seed development, paving the way for climate-resilient breeding.
Exploring the genomic architecture of species and populations divergence aids understanding how lineages evolve and adapt, and ultimately can show the repeatability of evolutionary processes. Yet, the genomic signatures associated with divergence are still relatively unexplored, leading to a knowledge gap on whether species divergence ultimately differs in its genetic architecture from divergence at other spatial scales (i.e.
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