Drought tolerance is associated with constitutive gene expression, not plasticity, across California oak species
Alayna Mead, Camila Dias Medeiros, Marissa Ochoa, Lawren Sack, Victoria L. Sork
The paper examines gene expression patterns in California oak species to determine if drought tolerance is linked to constitutive expression or plasticity, finding constitutive expression is associated with drought tolerance.
bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology