Absence of warmth permits epigenetic memory of winter in Arabidopsis

oleh: Jo Hepworth, Rea L. Antoniou-Kourounioti, Rebecca H. Bloomer, Catja Selga, Kristina Berggren, Deborah Cox, Barley R. Collier Harris, Judith A. Irwin, Svante Holm, Torbjörn Säll, Martin Howard, Caroline Dean

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-02-01

Deskripsi

Plants use multiple cues to monitor seasonal temperatures. Here, the authors show that Arabidopsis requires not only prolonged cold, but the absence of temperature spikes above 15 °C to epigenetically silence FLC during winter.