Fitness costs and benefits of gene expression plasticity in rice under drought
S. C. Groen, E. Hamann, I. Calic, C. Cochran, R. Konshok, M. Purugganan, S. J. Franks
This study examines selection on drought-induced gene expression plasticity in rice, finding that housekeeping genes are disfavored to switch off under drought, while selection acts polygenically on co-expressed gene modules.
bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology