Positive Selection and Heat-Response Transcriptomes Reveal Adaptive Features of the Brassicaceae Desert Model, Anastatica hierochuntica
G. Eshel, N. Duppen, G. Wang, D.-H. Oh, Y. Kazachkova, P. Herzyk, A. Amtmann, M. Gordon, V. Chalifa-Caspi, M. A. Oscar, S. Bar-David, A. Marshall-Colon, M. Dassanayake, S. Barak
This study identifies adaptive features of the desert plant Anastatica hierochuntica by comparing its transcriptome to Arabidopsis thaliana under heat stress, revealing gene selection and expression patterns linked to heat tolerance and desert adaptation.
bioRxiv · May 23, 2021Plant Biology