Reconstructing the worldwide colonization history of the world’s most widespread marine plant

Using population genomics, we reveal the global dispersal history of eelgrass (_Zostera marina_) from its origin in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, across to the East Pacific, Atlantic and the

Mediterranean Sea. Striking differences in genetic diversity among the locations reflect past glaciations and repeated bottlenecks during _Z. marina_’s worldwide colonization. Access through

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