Transcriptomes Divergence of Ricotia lunaria Between the Two Micro-Climatic Divergent Slopes at "Evolution Canyon" I, Israel.

ABSTRACT: As one of the hotspot regions for sympatric speciation studies, Evolution Canyon (EC) became an ideal place for its high level of microclimatic divergence interslopes. In this study, to highlight the genetic mechanisms of sympatric speciation, phenotypic variation on flowering time and transcriptomic divergence were investigated between two ecotypes of Ricotia lunaria, which inhabit the opposite temperate and tropical slopes of EC I (Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel, Israel) separated by 100 m at the bottom of the slopes. Growth chamber results showed that flowering time of the ecotype from south-facing slope population # 3 (SFS 3) was significantly 3 months ahead of the north-facing slope population # 5 (NFS 5). At the same floral development stage, transcriptome analysis showed that

SUBMITTER: Qian C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6246625 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature