Out in eLife: Balancing selection in Capsella
Long-term balancing selection drives evolution of immunity genes in Capsella
Koenig et al., eLife 2019;8:e43606 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.43606
Genetic drift is expected to remove polymorphism from populations over long periods of time, with the rate of polymorphism loss being accelerated when … Read the rest
Cell-type specific RNA-seq and ChIP-seq
Phloem companion cell-specific transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses identify MRF1, a novel regulator of flowering
You et al. Plant Cell DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00714
The phloem plays essential roles in source-to-sink relationship and in long-distance communication to coordinate growth and development throughout the … Read the rest
PLoS Biology: The magic of heterosis explained
Nonlinear phenotypic variation uncovers the emergence of heterosis in Arabidopsis thaliana
François Vasseur , Louise Fouqueau, Dominique de Vienne, Thibault Nidelet, Cyrille Violle, Detlef Weigel
PLoS Biology https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000214
Heterosis describes the phenotypic superiority of hybrids over their parents in traits … Read the rest
