Responses to environmental cues synchronize reproduction of higher plants to the changing
seasons. The genetic basis of these responses has been intensively studied in the …

Given their sessile nature, plants have evolved sophisticated regulatory networks to confer
developmental plasticity for adaptation to fluctuating environments. Epigenetic codes, like tri …

The evolution of diverse life history strategies has allowed Arabidopsis thaliana to adapt to
worldwide locations, spanning a range of latitudinal and environmental conditions …

Plant species have evolved different requirements for environmental/endogenous cues to
induce flowering. Originally, these varying requirements were thought to reflect the action of …

Local adaptation is assumed to occur when populations differ in a phenotypic trait or a set of
traits, and such variation has a genetic basis. Here, we introduce Arabidopsis halleri and its …

Diel and seasonal oscillations are two major environmental changes in nature. While
organisms cope with the former by the well-characterized mechanism of the circadian clock …

In Arabidopsis thaliana, the cold-induced epigenetic regulation of FLOWERING LOCUS C
(FLC) involves distinct phases of Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) silencing. During …

Natural environments require organisms to possess robust mechanisms allowing responses
to seasonal trends. In Arabidopsis halleri, the flowering regulator AhgFLC shows …

Plant phenotypes are the result of both genetic and environmental forces that act to
modulate trait expression. Over the last few years, numerous approaches in functional …

To synchronize flowering time with spring, many plants undergo vernalization, a
floralpromotion process triggered by exposure to long-term winter cold. In Arabidopsis …