Natural variation in autumn FLC levels, rather than epigenetic silencing, aligns vernalization to different climates
Jo Hepworth, Rea L. Antoniou-Kourounioti, Kristina Berggren, Catja Selga, Eleri H. Tudor, Bryony Yates, Deborah Cox, Barley Rose Collier Harris, Judith A. Irwin, Martin Howard, Torbjörn Säll, Svante Holm, Caroline Dean
The paper shows that natural variation in FLC levels and early silencing, not epigenetic silencing, determines vernalization response in Arabidopsis to different climates.
eLife · Sep 9, 2020Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology