Climate change impact on the Arabidopsis genome
Natural selection on the Arabidopsis thaliana genome in present and future climates
Moises Exposito-Alonso, 500 Genomes Field Experiment Team, Hernán A. Burbano, Oliver Bossdorf, Rasmus Nielsen & Detlef Weigel
Nature, published online August 28, 2019
Through the lens of evolution, … Read the rest
Resource: Species-wide inventory of NLR genes & alleles
A Species-Wide Inventory of NLR Genes and Alleles in Arabidopsis thaliana
Van de Weyer et al. Cell 178, 1260-1272
Infectious disease is both a major force of selection in nature and a prime cause of yield loss in agriculture. In … Read the rest
In PLoS Genetics: RPW8/HR4 and NLR activation
RPW8/HR repeats control NLR activation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Barragan et al., PLoS Genetics, published July 25, 2019
In many plant species, conflicts between divergent elements of the immune system, especially nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptors (NLR), can lead to hybrid necrosis. … Read the rest
