Silvia Busoms

Apr 22, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Silvia Busoms |Ana Da Silva |Gloria Escola |Raziyeh Abdilzadeh

AbstractIt is generally assumed that populations of the same species should evolve shared mechanisms of adaptation to common stressors due to evolutionary constraint. Here, we describe a novel system of within-species local adaptation to coastal habitats, Brassica fruticulosa, and detail surprising mechanistic variability in adaptive responses to extreme salinity.

Sep 28, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Sian Bray |Tuomas Hämälä |Min Zhou |Silvia Busoms

AbstractWhole genome duplication (WGD) brings challenges to key processes like meiosis, but nevertheless is associated with diversification in all kingdoms. How is WGD tolerated, and what processes commonly evolve to stabilize the new polyploid lineage? Here we study this in Cochlearia spp., which have experienced multiple rounds of WGD in the last 300,000 years.

Sep 19, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Maria J Almira-Casellas |Silvia Busoms |Laura Perez-Martin |Gloria Escola

AbstractMore than 70% of land's cultivated area is affected by alkaline salinity stress. As 98% of plants are glycophytes, our previous research focused on comparative studies of Arabidopsis thaliana demes with adaptive performance under neutral and alkaline salinity.

Feb 8, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Maria J Almira-Casellas |Silvia Busoms |Laura Perez-Martin |Gloria Escola

New Results doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.05.527167 AbstractMore than 70% of land's cultivated area is affected by alkaline salinity stress. Our previous research focused on comparative studies of Arabidopsis thaliana demes with differential performance under neutral (neuSAL) and alkaline salinity (alkSAL) due to local adaptation.