Environment-dependent selection impacts heritable developmental stability and trait canalization in rice
Taryn S. Dunivant, Irina Ćalić, Conor Gilligan, Zoé Joly‐Lopez, Jae Young Choi, Mignon A. Natividad, Carlo L. U. Cabral, Rolando O. Torres, Georgina V. Vergara, Steven J. Franks, Amelia Henry, Michael D. Purugganan, Simon Cornelis Groen
This study investigates how environmental stress affects developmental stability and canalization in rice, finding that drought reduces canalization and identifies specific genes involved.
bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology