RNA-seq of bird-pollianted, red-flowering and insect-pollinated, yellow-flowering Diplacus aurantiacus varieties sourced from various locations in San Deigo State, USA

ABSTRACT: Flower phenotypes in the species Diplacus aurantiacus in Southern California along an east west transect range from large, yellow, insect-pollinated flowers through orange flowers to small, red, bird-pollinated flowers. Until now, intermediate forms were attributed to recurrent hybridization at the (sub)-species level. However, by monitoring the flower phenotypes of these populations in field studies over the past 20 years, Rolf Baumberger observed that the transition in flower phenotype occurs during the lifespan of individual long-lived plants, thus ruling out a hybrid origin of intermediate forms. Further research has revealed that this transition bears the hallmark of an epigenetic transition. The small, red, bird-pollinated state is stable and heritable but reverts at frequencies of

INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 2500

ORGANISM(S): Diplacus aurantiacus

SUBMITTER: Stefan Wyder 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-5676 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress