Analysis of allele-specific expression reveals cis-regulatory changes associated with a recent mating system shift and floral adaptation in Capsella

Cis-Regulatory Changes Associated with a Recent Mating System Shift and Floral Adaptation in Capsella

The selfing syndrome constitutes a suite of floral and reproductive trait changes that have evolved repeatedly across many evolutionary lineages in response to the shift to selfing. Convergent evolution of the selfing syndrome suggests that these changes are adaptive, yet our understanding of the detailed molecular genetic basis of the selfing syndrome remains limited. Here, we investigate the ...

1 2 3 Cis - regulatory changes associated with a recent mating system shift and floral 4 adaptation in Capsella

Recent mating-system evolution in Eichhornia is accompanied by cis-regulatory divergence.

The evolution of predominant self-fertilization from cross-fertilization in plants is accompanied by diverse changes to morphology, ecology and genetics, some of which likely result from regulatory changes in gene expression. We examined changes in gene expression during early stages in the transition to selfing in populations of animal-pollinated Eichhornia paniculata with contrasting mating p...

Regulatory effects of cis- and trans-LncRNAs on differential expression of genes following infection with viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

In this study the cis and trans regulatory effect of long non-coding genes (lncRNA) on the expression of genes in fish infected by Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHS) was investigated using RNA-seq technology. At the end of experimental period (the thirty fifth day), total RNA was extracted from spleen tissue (group treated with virus) and physiological serum (control group) was used to pr...

Repeated Inactivation of the First Committed Enzyme Underlies the Loss of Benzaldehyde Emission after the Selfing Transition in Capsella

The enormous species richness of flowering plants is at least partly due to floral diversification driven by interactions between plants and their animal pollinators [1, 2]. Specific pollinator attraction relies on visual and olfactory floral cues [3-5]; floral scent can not only attract pollinators but also attract or repel herbivorous insects [6-8]. However, despite its central role for plant...