Genetic variation in the nuclear and organellar genomes modulates stochastic variation in the metabolome, growth, and defense.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies are starting to show that genetic control over stochastic variation is a key evolutionary solution of single celled organisms in the face of unpredictable environments. This has been expanded to show that genetic variation can alter stochastic variation in transcriptional processes within multi-cellular eukaryotes. However, little is known about how genetic diversity can control stochastic variation within more non-cell autonomous phenotypes. Using an Arabidopsis reciprocal RIL population, we showed that there is significant genetic diversity influencing stochastic variation in the plant metabolome, defense chemistry, and growth. This genetic diversity included loci specific for the stochastic variation of each phenotypic class that did not affect the other phenotypic classe

SUBMITTER: Joseph B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4287608 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature