Plant Dormancy

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A cline in seed dormancy helps conserve the environment experienced during reproduction across the range of Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Canalization of Seasonal Phenology in the Presence of Developmental Variation: Seed Dormancy Cycling in an Annual Weed. 
  • DOG1 expression is predicted by the seed-maturation environment and contributes to geographical variation in germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Modeling the influence of genetic and environmental variation on the expression of plant life cycles across landscapes. 
  • Natural variation in germination responses of Arabidopsis to seasonal cues and their associated physiological mechanisms. 
  • Photoperiod throughout the maternal life cycle, not photoperiod during seed imbibition, influences germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Pleiotropy in the wild: the dormancy gene DOG1 exerts cascading control on life cycles. 
  • Seed after-ripening and dormancy determine adult life history independently of germination timing. 
  • The evolution of seed dormancy: environmental cues, evolutionary hubs, and diversification of the seed plants. 
  • The fitness benefits of germinating later than neighbors.