Bibliographic record
Abstract
Genetic diversity is a key factor in species survival, evolution, and adaptation. It also reveals species genetic structure and provides insights into how different demographic forces shape species genetic variability. Although, black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa Torr. & Gray) is the first tree to have its genome completely sequenced; however, information regarding its natural genetic diversity and population structure is lacking. I have investigated the extent of genetic diversity within and among 38 natural populations of P. trichocarpa sampled across British Columbia using 10 nuclear (nuSSR) and 12 chloroplast microsatellite (cpSSR) markers. CpSSR represents two haplotypes, clustering as northern and southern groups; however, a Bayesian population structure analysis suggested the presence of three highly admixed groups supported by low population differentiation (low FST and RST). Monmonier’s spatial analysis suggested the presence of one genetic discontinuity dividing the studied area into northern and southern regions. These findings indicated that P. trichocarpa might have originated from two, northern and southern, glacial refugia that have experienced moderate contact through extensive gene flow. Nucleotide diversity for 10 candidate-gene loci involved in adaptive, defence, and housekeeping functions was abundant and varied across loci, with the majority showing neutral variations. Linkage disequilibrium (LD), decays rapidly to r² ≈ 0.18 within 700 base pairs (bp). Comparing the nucleotide diversity between P. trichocarpa and P. balsamifera L. to the Eurasian P. tremula L. indicated that the two North American species had lower diversity (θw range 0.002 to 0.004) than the Eurasian poplar (θw = 0.005). The estimated time of divergence between the two North American and the Eurasian species indicated that the latter was five- to six-fold older compared to the two former species. The substitution rate was lower in North American species (0.4 x 10-⁸ per year) compared to the Eurasian poplar (2 x 10-⁸). Different association genetics models produced strikingly different results after the inclusion or exclusion of population structure, highlighting the importance of proper model construction.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".