Genetic response of a perennial grass to warm and wet environments interacts and is associated with trait means as well as plasticity

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F24%3A00587504" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/24:00587504 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/24:10486441

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae060" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae060</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae060" target="_blank" >10.1093/jeb/voae060</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Genetic response of a perennial grass to warm and wet environments interacts and is associated with trait means as well as plasticity

Original language description

The potential for rapid evolution is an important mechanism allowing species to adapt to changing climatic conditions. Although such potential has been largely studied in various short-lived organisms, to what extent we can observe similar patterns in long-lived plant species, which often dominate natural systems, is largely unexplored. We explored the potential for rapid evolution in Festuca rubra, a long-lived grass with extensive clonal growth dominating in alpine grasslands. We used a field sowing experiment simulating expected climate change in our model region. Specifically, we exposed seeds from five independent seed sources to novel climatic conditions by shifting them along a natural climatic grid and explored the genetic profiles of established seedlings after 3 years. Data on genetic profiles of plants selected under different novel conditions indicate that different climate shifts select significantly different pools of genotypes from common seed pools. Increasing soil moisture was more important than increasing temperature or the interaction of the two climatic factors in selecting pressure. This can indicate negative genetic interaction in response to the combined effects or that the effects of different climates are interactive rather than additive. The selected alleles were found in genomic regions, likely affecting the function of specific genes or their expression. Many of these were also linked to morphological traits (mainly to trait plasticity), suggesting these changes may have a consequence on plant performance. Overall, these data indicate that even long-lived plant species may experience strong selection by climate, and their populations thus have the potential to rapidly adapt to these novel conditions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA22-00761S" target="_blank" >GA22-00761S: The importance of plant-soil interactions for plant response to ongoing climate change</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

ISSN

1010-061X

e-ISSN

1420-9101

Volume of the periodical

37

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

704-716

UT code for WoS article

001234901700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85197226116