Expression conservation within the circadian clock of a monocot: natural variation at barley Ppd-H1 affects circadian expression of flowering time genes, but not clock orthologs

Chiara Campoli, Munqez Shtaya, Seth J Davis, Maria von Korff

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Abstract

The circadian clock is an endogenous mechanism that coordinates biological processes with daily changes in the environment. In plants, circadian rhythms contribute to both agricultural productivity and evolutionary fitness. In barley, the photoperiod response regulator and flowering-time gene Ppd-H1 is orthologous to the Arabidopsis core-clock gene PRR7. However, relatively little is known about the role of Ppd-H1 and other components of the circadian clock in temperate crop species. In this study, we identified barley clock orthologs and tested the effects of natural genetic variation at Ppd-H1 on diurnal and circadian expression of clock and output genes from the photoperiod-response pathway.
Original languageEnglish
Article number97
JournalBMC Plant Biology
Volume12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jun 2012

Keywords

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Arabidopsis
  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Circadian Clocks
  • Circadian Rhythm
  • Circadian Rhythm Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Flowers
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Genes, Plant
  • Genetic Variation
  • Hordeum
  • Photoperiod
  • Phylogeny
  • Plant Proteins
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Species Specificity
  • Time Factors
  • Transcription Factors
  • Transcriptome

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