Variation and plasticity in life-history traits and fitness of wild Arabidopsis thaliana populations are not related to their genotypic and ecological diversity

Despite its implications for population dynamics and evolution, the relationship between genetic and phenotypic variation in wild populations remains unclear. Here, we estimated variation and plasticity in life-history traits and fitness of the annual plant Arabidopsis thaliana in two common garden experiments that differed in environmental conditions. We used up to 306 maternal inbred lines from six Iberian populations characterized by low and high genotypic (based on whole-genome sequences) and ecological (vegetation type) diversity. Low and high genotypic and ecological diversity was found in edge and core Iberian environments, respectively. Given that selection is expected to be stronger in edge environments and that ecological diversity may enhance both phenotypic variation and plasticity, we expected genotypic diversity to be positively associated with phenotypic variation and plasticity. However, maternal lines, irrespective of the genotypic and ecological diversity of their popu..., , , # Variation and plasticity in life-history traits and fitness of wild Arabidopsis thaliana populations are not related to their genotypic and ecological diversity

DATA: Ecological, experimental and genetic data of 6 Arabidopsis thaliana populations

The file has four sheets including the following information with the corresponding units

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Sheet #1: Data from 'Individual data'

1st row: Variable name

1st column: Population (population names: AGU, BON, CAI, MAR, MDC, & POB)

2nd column: Individual (individual identifier)

3rd column: Year (sampling year: 2017 & 2018)

4th column: UTMX (European Datum 1950; meters)

5th column: UTMY (European Datum 1950; meters)

6th column: Percentage of forest (%)

7th column: Percentage of scrubland (%)

8th column: Percentage of grassland (%)

9th column: Percentage of dry riverbed (%)

10th column: Percentage of boulder (%)

11th column: Percentage of road/path (%)

Missing or unavailable data = na

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