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Flowering time and seed dormancy control use external coincidence to generate life history strategy.
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- Underlying Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms for Seed Germination.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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- Ecological, (epi)genetic and physiological aspects of bet-hedging in angiosperms.Plant reproduction · 2021Review
- Regulation of Seed Dormancy and Germination Mechanisms in a Changing Environment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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- Changes in phenological events in response to a global warming scenario reveal greater adaptability of winter annual compared with summer annual arabidopsis ecotypes.Annals of botany · 2021Article
- The Diverse Roles of FLOWERING LOCUS C in Annual and Perennial Brassicaceae Species.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Review
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Abstract
Climate change is accelerating plant developmental transitions coordinated with the seasons in temperate environments. To understand the importance of these timing advances for a stable life history strategy, we constructed a full life cycle model of Arabidopsis thaliana. Modelling and field data reveal that a cryptic function of flowering time control is to limit seed set of winter annuals to an ambient temperature window which coincides with a temperature-sensitive switch in seed dormancy state. This coincidence is predicted to be conserved independent of climate at the expense of flowering date, suggesting that temperature control of flowering time has evolved to constrain seed set environment and therefore frequency of dormant and non-dormant seed states. We show that late flowering can disrupt this bet-hedging germination strategy. Our analysis shows that life history modelling can reveal hidden fitness constraints and identify non-obvious selection pressures as emergent features.
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