Role of the RNA-directed DNA Methylation pathway in the regulation of maternal effects in Arabidopsis thaliana seed germination

The RNA-directed DNA Methylation pathway (RdDM) influences progeny seed responses to different maternal environments. However, its role in the regulation of early traits in response to non-stressful environmental cues across generations, which can potentially affect life cycle adjustment to seasonal...

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Autores: Authier, Ailen, Cerdan, Pablo Diego, Auge, Gabriela Alejandra
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2021
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositório:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/162246
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/162246
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:GERMINATION
ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA
RDDM PATHWAY
TRANSGENERATIONAL EFFECTS
VERNALIZATION
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Resumo:The RNA-directed DNA Methylation pathway (RdDM) influences progeny seed responses to different maternal environments. However, its role in the regulation of early traits in response to non-stressful environmental cues across generations, which can potentially affect life cycle adjustment to seasonal changes, has not been explored in detail. Here we show that the RdDM pathway regulates overall germination but, in some instances, it does so depending on the early life maternal environment. Altogether, our results support that epigenetic memory (mediated by RdDM) is regulating intergenerational transmission of environmental information to affect the phenotypic expression of early traits.