# Life-history trade-offs explain local adaptation in *Arabidopsis thaliana*

Benjamin Brachi¹,²*, Danièle L. Filiault³*, Rahul Pisupati³, Tal Dahan-Meir³, Anna Igolkina³, Alison Anastasio¹, Mathew S. Box⁴, Susan Duncan⁴, Talia L. Karasov¹, Envel Kerdaffrec³, Laura Merwin¹, Timothy C. Morton¹, Viktoria Nizhynska³, Polina Yu. Novikova³, Fernando Rabanal³, Takashi Tsuchimatsu³, Torbjörn Säll⁵, Caroline Dean⁴, Svante Holm⁶, Joy Bergelson¹,⁷, Magnus Nordborg³

¹ Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; ² University of Bordeaux, INRAE, BIOGECO, Cestas, France; ³ Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria; ⁴ John Innes Center, Norwich, United Kingdom; ⁵ Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; ⁶ Department of Natural Sciences, Mid-Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden; ⁷ Department of Biology, New York University, New York, USA

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This work was funded by a grant from the National Health Institute (Grant R01 GM 083068) to J.B., M.N., and C.D.; by an ERC AdvG (no.268962-"MAXMAP") to M.N.; by a Dropkin Foundation Fellowship to B.B. J.B. was further supported by the University of Chicago and New York University, while M.N. was supported by the Gregor Mendel Institute and the Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities. B.B. received the support of the European Union in the framework of the Marie-Curie FP7 COFUND People Programme, through the award of an AgreenSkills/AgreenSkills+ fellowship (under Grant Agreement 267196).