The autonomous flowering-time pathway pleiotropically regulates seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Two critical developmental transitions in plants are seed germination and flowering, and the timing of these transitions has strong fitness consequences. How genetically independent the regulation of these transitions is can influence the expression of life cycles.

Method

This study tested whether genes in the autonomous flowering-time pathway pleiotropically regulate flowering time and seed germination in the genetic model Arabidopsis thaliana, and tested whether the interactions among those genes are concordant between flowering and germination stages.

Key results

Several autonomous-pathway genes promote flowering and impede germination. Moreover, the interactions among those genes were highly concordant between the regulation of flowering and ge

SUBMITTER: Auge GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786223 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature