Differential Gene Expression Reveals Candidate Genes for Drought Stress Response in Abies alba (Pinaceae).

ABSTRACT: Increasing drought periods as a result of global climate change pose a threat to many tree species by possibly outpacing their adaptive capabilities. Revealing the genetic basis of drought stress response is therefore implemental for future conservation strategies and risk assessment. Access to informative genomic regions is however challenging, especially for conifers, partially due to their large genomes, which puts constraints on the feasibility of whole genome scans. Candidate genes offer a valuable tool to reduce the complexity of the analysis and the amount of sequencing work and costs. For this study we combined an improved drought stress phenotyping of needles via a novel terahertz water monitoring technique with Massive Analysis of cDNA Ends to identify candidate genes for drought

SUBMITTER: Behringer D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4414588 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature