Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Natural variation of YELLOW SEEDLING1 affects photosynthetic acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana

  • Roxanne van Rooijen,
  • Willem Kruijer,
  • René Boesten,
  • Fred A. van Eeuwijk,
  • Jeremy Harbinson,
  • Mark G. M. Aarts

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01576-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Natural genetic variation of photosynthesis is an underexplored resource for plant genetic improvement. Here, the authors find allelic variations of YS1 affect Arabidopsis photosynthesis acclimation using genome-wide association study, reverse genetics, and quantitative complementation approaches.