Natural variation in HsfA2 pre-mRNA splicing is associated with changes in thermotolerance during tomato domestication

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 225; no. 3; pp. 1297 - 1310
• Main Authors: Hu, Yangjie, Mesihovic, Anida, Jiménez-Gómez, José M., Röth, Sascha, Gebhardt, Philipp, Bublak, Daniela, Bovy, Arnaud, Scharf, Klaus-Dieter, Schleiff, Enrico, Fragkostefanakis, Sotirios
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 01.02.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acclimation; Acclimatization; Alleles; Alternative splicing; Alternative Splicing - genetics; Base Sequence; Cultivation; Domestication; Environmental conditions; Fruit cultivation; Genetic Variation; Genome-Wide Association Study; Germplasm; Haplotypes; Haplotypes - genetics; Heat stress; Heat tolerance; Heat-Shock Response; High temperature; Introns - genetics; Life Sciences; Lycopersicon esculentum - genetics; Lycopersicon esculentum - physiology; polymorphism; Polymorphism, Genetic; pre‐mRNA splicing; Protein Isoforms - metabolism; Protein Stability; Protein Transport; RNA Precursors - genetics; RNA Precursors - metabolism; Seedlings; Seedlings - physiology; Solanum; Splicing; stress response; Survival; Temperature; Temperature tolerance; Thermotolerance - genetics; Tomatoes; Transcription; Vegetal Biology; polymorphism; stress response; Solanum; acclimation; high temperature; pre-mRNA splicing

• Wild relatives of crops thrive in habitats where environmental conditions can be restrictive for productivity and survival of cultivated species. The genetic basis of this variability, particularly for tolerance to high temperatures, is not well understood. We examined the capacity of wild and cul...