Chlorosis caused by two recessively interacting genes reveals a role of RNA helicase in hybrid breakdown in Arabidopsis thaliana

• Published in: The Plant Journal
• Main Authors: Plötner, Björn, Nurmi, Markus, Fischer, Axel, Watanabe, Mutsumi, Schneeberger, Korbinian, Holm, Svante, Vaid, Neha, Schöttler, Mark Aurel, Walther, Dirk, Hoefgen, Rainer, Weigel, Detlef, Laitinen, Roosa A. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för naturvetenskap 2017
• Subjects: Arabidopsis thaliana; Chlorosis; Hybrid breakdown; Local adaptation; RNA helicase; Biological Sciences; Biologiska vetenskaper; Lövvik; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-30991; https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13560

Hybrids often differ in fitness from their parents. They may be superior, translating into hybrid vigour or heterosis, but they may also be markedly inferior, because of hybrid weakness or incompatibility. The underlying genetic causes for the latter can often be traced back to genes that evolve rap...