Vegetative phase change causes age-dependent changes in phenotypic plasticity.

ABSTRACT: Phenotypic plasticity allows organisms to optimize traits for their environment. As organisms age, they experience diverse environments that benefit from varying degrees of phenotypic plasticity. Developmental transitions can control these age-dependent changes in plasticity, and as such, the timing of these transitions can determine when plasticity changes in an organism. Here, we investigate how the transition from juvenile-to adult-vegetative development known as vegetative phase change (VPC) contributes to age-dependent changes in phenotypic plasticity and how the timing of this transition responds to environment using both natural accessions and mutant lines in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that the adult phase of vegetative development has greater plasticity in leaf

SUBMITTER: Lawrence-Paul EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10551844 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature