Article
Genetic variation, environment and demography intersect to shape Arabidopsis defense metabolite variation across Europe.
eLife - 5 May 2021
Katz Ella, Li Jia-Jie, Jaegle Benjamin, Ashkenazy Haim, Abrahams Shawn R, Bagaza Clement, Holden Samuel, Pires Chris J, Angelovici Ruthie, Kliebenstein Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
Plants produce diverse metabolites to cope with the challenges presented by complex and ever-changing environments. These challenges drive the diversification of specialized metabolites within and between plant species. However, we are just beginning to understand how frequently new alleles arise controlling specialized metabolite diversity and how the geographic distribution of these alleles may be structured by...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Arabidopsis
- Environment
- Europe
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Plant
- Geography
- Metabolic Networks and Pathways
- Phenotype