| Literature DB >> 23887874 |
Dai-Yin Chao1, Brian Dilkes, Hongbing Luo, Alex Douglas, Elena Yakubova, Brett Lahner, David E Salt.
Abstract
Genome duplication (or polyploidization) has occurred throughout plant evolutionary history and is thought to have driven the adaptive radiation of plants. We found that the cytotype of the root, and not the genotype, determined the majority of heritable natural variation in leaf potassium (K) concentration in Arabidopsis thaliana. Autopolyploidy also provided resistance to salinity and may represent an adaptive outcome of the enhanced K accumulation of plants with higher ploidy.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23887874 PMCID: PMC4018534 DOI: 10.1126/science.1240561
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728