Article
G × G × E effect on phenotype expression in a non-conventional model organism, the unicellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum.
Biology letters - 1 Feb 2023
Nagarajan-Radha Venkatesh, Beekman Madeleine
Abstract excerpt
In metazoans, the expression of key phenotypic traits is sensitive to two- and three-way interactions between variation in mitochondrial DNA, nuclear DNA and the external environment. Whether gene-by-environment interactions affect phenotypes in single-celled eukaryotes is poorly studied, except in a few species of yeast and fungi. We developed a genetic panel of the unicellular slime mould, Physarum polycephalum...
Topics
- Physarum polycephalum
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Mitochondria
- Plasmids
- Phenotype
