Gene Expression Divergence in Eugenia uniflora Highlights Adaptation across Contrasting Atlantic Forest Ecosystems.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the evolution and the effect of plasticity in plant responses to environmental changes is crucial to combat global climate change. It is particularly interesting in species that survive in distinct environments, such as Eugenia uniflora, which thrives in contrasting ecosystems within the Atlantic Forest (AF). In this study, we combined transcriptome analyses of plants growing in nature (Restinga and Riparian Forest) with greenhouse experiments to unveil the DEGs within and among adaptively divergent populations of E. uniflora. We compared global gene expression among plants from two distinct ecological niches. We found many differentially expressed genes between the two populations in natural and greenhouse-cultivated environments. The changes in how genes are e

SUBMITTER: Turchetto-Zolet AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11478965 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature