Data from: Life-history QTLs and natural selection on flowering time in Boechera stricta, a perennial relative of Arabidopsis
| Main Authors: | Anderson, Jill Theresa, Lee, Cheng-Ruei, Mitchell-Olds, Thomas |
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| Format: | info dataset Journal |
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, 2010
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4934252 |
Daftar Isi:
- Plants must precisely time flowering to capitalize on favorable conditions. Although we know a great deal about the genetic basis of flowering phenology in model species under controlled conditions, the genetic architecture of this ecologically-important trait is poorly understood in non-model organisms. Here, we evaluated the transition from vegetative growth to flowering in Boechera stricta, a perennial relative of Arabidopsis thaliana. We examined flowering time QTLs using 7,920 recombinant inbred individuals, across seven lab and field environments differing in vernalization, temperature, and photoperiod. Genetic and environmental factors strongly influenced the transition to reproduction. We found directional selection for earlier flowering in the field. In the growth chamber experiment, longer winters accelerated flowering, whereas elevated ambient temperatures delayed flowering. Our analyses identified one large effect QTL (nFT), which influenced flowering time in both experiments and the probability of flowering in the field. In Montana, homozygotes for the native allele at nFT showed a selective advantage of 6.6%. Nevertheless, we found relatively low correlations between flowering times in the field and the growth chambers. Additionally, we detected flowering-related QTLs in the field which were absent across the full range of laboratory conditions, thus emphasizing the need to conduct experiments in natural environments.
- field dataFamily level means for traits measured in the common garden site in Montana.growth chamber dataFamily level means for flowering time and leaf number at flowering in all growth chambers, and averaged across growth chambers.