Variations of Secondary Metabolites among Natural Populations of Sub-Antarctic Ranunculus Species Suggest Functional Redundancy and Versatility

• Published in: Plants
• Main Authors: Bastien Labarrere, Andreas Prinzing, Thomas Dorey, Emeline Chesneau, Françoise Hennion
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: Ranunculus biternatus; Ranunculus pseudotrullifolius; Ranunculus moseleyi; secondary metabolite variation; amines; quercetins; natural populations; environment; redundancy; sub-Antarctic plants; Botany; QK1-989; Antarctic; Kerguelen; Îles Kerguelen; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8070234; https://doaj.org/article/9f27d8308e484a2bac7e7be1cbecc7f8

Plants produce a high diversity of metabolites which help them sustain environmental stresses and are involved in local adaptation. However, shaped by both the genome and the environment, the patterns of variation of the metabolome in nature are difficult to decipher. Few studies have explored the r...