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Plasticity, pleiotropy and fitness trade-offs in Arabidopsis genotypes with different telomere lengths.

ABSTRACT: Telomere length has been implicated in the organismal response to stress, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Here we examine the impact of telomere length changes on the responses to three contrasting abiotic environments in Arabidopsis, and measure 32 fitness, developmental, physiological and leaf-level anatomical traits. We report that telomere length in wild-type and short-telomere mutants is resistant to abiotic stress, while the elongated telomeres in ku70 mutants are more plastic. We detected significant pleiotropic effects of telomere length on flowering time and key leaf physiological and anatomical traits. Furthermore, our data reveal a significant genotype by environment (G × E) interaction for reproductive fitness, with the benefits and costs to performance depending on the growth conditions. These results imply that life-history trade-offs between flowering time and reproductive fitness are impacted by telomere length variation. We postulate that telomere length in plants is subject to natural selection imposed by different environments.

SUBMITTER: Campitelli BE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9218941 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Plasticity, pleiotropy and fitness trade-offs in Arabidopsis genotypes with different telomere lengths.

Campitelli Brandon E BE Razzaque Samsad S Barbero Borja B Abdulkina Liliia R LR Hall Mitchell H MH Shippen Dorothy E DE Juenger Thomas E TE Shakirov Eugene V EV

The New phytologist 20211218 4

Telomere length has been implicated in the organismal response to stress, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Here we examine the impact of telomere length changes on the responses to three contrasting abiotic environments in Arabidopsis, and measure 32 fitness, developmental, physiological and leaf-level anatomical traits. We report that telomere length in wild-type and short-telomere mutants is resistant to abiotic stress, while the elongated telomeres in ku70 mutants are more plastic. ...[more]

PMID: 34826163

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Plasticity, pleiotropy and fitness trade-offs in Arabidopsis genotypes with different telomere lengths.

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Plasticity, pleiotropy and fitness trade-offs in Arabidopsis genotypes with different telomere lengths.

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