Natural genetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana defense metabolism genes modulates field fitness

• Published in: eLife Vol. 4
• Main Authors: Kerwin, Rachel, Feusier, Julie, Corwin, Jason, Rubin, Matthew, Lin, Catherine, Muok, Alise, Larson, Brandon, Li, Baohua, Joseph, Bindu, Francisco, Marta, Copeland, Daniel, Weinig, Cynthia, Kliebenstein, Daniel J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 13.04.2015; eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
• Subjects: Alleles; Arabidopsis; Arabidopsis - genetics; Arabidopsis - metabolism; Arabidopsis thaliana; Cloning; Ecology; Ecotype; Environment; Evolution; fitness; Flowers - genetics; Gene-Environment Interaction; Genes, Plant; Genetic diversity; Genetic Fitness; Genetic Loci; Genetic Pleiotropy; Genetic Variation; Genomics and Evolutionary Biology; Genotype & phenotype; Genotypes; glucosinolate; Glucosinolates; Glucosinolates - biosynthesis; Haplotypes - genetics; herbivory; Laboratories; Mutation; Natural selection; natural variation; Nutrition research; Pathogens; Phenotype; plant defense; Plant Leaves - genetics; Polymorphism, Genetic; Principal Component Analysis; Quantitative Trait, Heritable; Reproductive fitness; ecology; evolutionary biology; plant defense; fitness; glucosinolates; natural variation; herbivory; genomics; arabidopsis

Natural populations persist in complex environments, where biotic stressors, such as pathogen and insect communities, fluctuate temporally and spatially. These shifting biotic pressures generate heterogeneous selective forces that can maintain standing natural variation within a species. To directly...