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Cartolano, Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-9830-988X, Pieper, Bjorn, Lempe, Janne ORCID: 0000-0002-3890-6997, Tattersall, Alex, Huijser, Peter, Tresch, Achim, Darrah, Peter R., Hay, Angela and Tsiantis, Miltos (2015). Heterochrony underpins natural variation in Cardamine hirsuta leaf form. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 112 (33). S. 10539 - 10545. WASHINGTON: NATL ACAD SCIENCES. ISSN 0027-8424

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Abstract

A key problem in biology is whether the same processes underlie morphological variation between and within species. Here, by using plant leaves as an example, we show that the causes of diversity at these two evolutionary scales can be divergent. Some species like the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana have simple leaves, whereas others like the A. thaliana relative Cardamine hirsuta bear complex leaves comprising leaflets. Previous work has shown that these interspecific differences result mostly from variation in local tissue growth and patterning. Now, by cloning and characterizing a quantitative trait locus (QTL) for C. hirsuta leaf shape, we find that a different process, age-dependent progression of leaf form, underlies variation in this trait within species. This QTL effect is caused by cis-regulatory variation in the floral repressor ChFLC, such that genotypes with low-expressing ChFLC alleles show both early flowering and accelerated age-dependent changes in leaf form, including faster leaflet production. We provide evidence that this mechanism coordinates leaf development with reproductive timing and may help to optimize resource allocation to the next generation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Cartolano, Maria UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9830-988X UNSPECIFIED Pieper, Bjorn UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lempe, Janne UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3890-6997 UNSPECIFIED Tattersall, Alex UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Huijser, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tresch, Achim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Darrah, Peter R. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hay, Angela UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tsiantis, Miltos UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-396374
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.1419791112
Journal or Publication Title:	Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
Volume:	112
Number:	33
Page Range:	S. 10539 - 10545
Date:	2015
Publisher:	NATL ACAD SCIENCES
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	0027-8424
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FLOWERING-LOCUS-C; ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA; GENETIC-BASIS; EPIGENETIC MAINTENANCE; SHOOT MATURATION; PHASE-CHANGE; FLC; EVOLUTION; VERNALIZATION; PROTEIN Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/39637