Understanding transcriptional changes associated with the transition to selfing in Arabidopsis thaliana by using outgroup data

ABSTRACT: RNA-seq reads from the outcrossing species Arabidopsis lyrata were produced from flowers to study the consequences of the transition from the ancestral state (outcrossing) to the derived state (selfing) that is observed in the sister species Arabidopsis thaliana. This was done in the context of examining another species pair (Capsella rubella versus Capsella grandiflora, which are selfing and outcrossing, respectively). These samples were generated to complement part of this larger study. Briefly, the shift from outcrossing to selfing is common in flowering plants, but neither the genomic consequences nor the speed with which they appear are well understood. An excellent model for understanding the evolution of self fertilization is provided by Capsella rubella, which became self-compatibl

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis lyrata

SUBMITTER: Stephen Wright 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-45676 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress