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Rapid local adaptation to environmental shifts in wild barley is facilitated by clusters of stress-responsive genes organized into haplotype blocks. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To determine the genomic architecture underlying rapid local adaptation to accelerated climate change and desertification in wild barley populations.

September 3, 2026Molecular EcologyOpen Access

Haplotype Blocks Are Associated With Rapid Local Adaptation to Environmental Shifts in Wild Barley

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EPEvgenii Potapenko DSDavid Schwarts TMTali Mandel

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Ecological-genetic study reveals adaptive haplotype blocks driving climate adaptation in wild barley, highlighting genomic mechanisms that support rapid evolutionary responses to desertification.

Key Points

To determine the genomic architecture underlying rapid local adaptation to accelerated climate change and desertification in wild barley populations.
Sampled and sequenced 300 wild barley individuals using an ecological-genetic sampling design that decoupled environmental variation from demographic background.
Evaluated phenotypic traits across 3,600 progeny plants over a 3-year period.
Integrated more than 2,600 occurrence records into ecological and evolutionary models to project future genomic vulnerability under climate shifts.
Identified six candidate adaptive haplotype blocks spanning 1 to 8 Mbp across chromosomes 1H, 2H, 4H, and 5H, with each block segregating into two major haplotypes.
Demonstrated that adaptive haplotype blocks were significantly enriched for stress- and environment-responsive genes, including drought defenses, heat tolerance, and flowering time regulators.

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Potapenko et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9935b1636c6408cfa7e166 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70540

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September 3, 2026Molecular EcologyOpen Access

Haplotype Blocks Are Associated With Rapid Local Adaptation to Environmental Shifts in Wild Barley

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Authors

EPEvgenii Potapenko DSDavid Schwarts TMTali Mandel

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Overview

Ecological-genetic study reveals adaptive haplotype blocks driving climate adaptation in wild barley, highlighting genomic mechanisms that support rapid evolutionary responses to desertification.

Key Points

To determine the genomic architecture underlying rapid local adaptation to accelerated climate change and desertification in wild barley populations.
Sampled and sequenced 300 wild barley individuals using an ecological-genetic sampling design that decoupled environmental variation from demographic background.
Evaluated phenotypic traits across 3,600 progeny plants over a 3-year period.
Integrated more than 2,600 occurrence records into ecological and evolutionary models to project future genomic vulnerability under climate shifts.
Identified six candidate adaptive haplotype blocks spanning 1 to 8 Mbp across chromosomes 1H, 2H, 4H, and 5H, with each block segregating into two major haplotypes.
Demonstrated that adaptive haplotype blocks were significantly enriched for stress- and environment-responsive genes, including drought defenses, heat tolerance, and flowering time regulators.

Cite This Study

Potapenko et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9935b1636c6408cfa7e166 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70540

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