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TI The Seagrass Methylome Is Associated With Variation in Photosynthetic Performance Among Clonal Shoots
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AF Jueterbock, Alexander
   Boström, Christoffer
   Coyer, James A.
   Olsen, Jeanine L.
   Kopp, Martina
   Dhanasiri, Anusha K. S.
   Smolina, Irina
   Arnaud-Haond, Sophie
   Van de Peer, Yves
   Hoarau, Galice
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C1 Algal and Microbial Biotechnology Division, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, Norway
   Marine Molecular Ecology Group, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, Norway
   Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo, Finland
   Shoals Marine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
   Ecological Genetics-Genomics Group, Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
   UMR MARBEC, Université de Montpellier, Ifremer, IRD, CNRS, Sète, France
   Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
   Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
   Center for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
C2 UNIV NORD, NORWAY
   UNIV NORD, NORWAY
   UNIV ABO AKAD, FINLAND
   UNIV NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA
   UNIV GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV GHENT, BELGIUM
   UNIV GHENT, BELGIUM
   UNIV PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
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SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM
UM MARBEC
IN WOS Ifremer UMR
   DOAJ
   copubli-europe
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IF 3.637
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LA English
DT Article
DE ;DNA methylation;ecological epigenetics;clonality;heat stress;seagrass;Zostera marina(eelgrass)
AB Evolutionary theory predicts that clonal organisms are more susceptible to extinction than sexually reproducing organisms, due to low genetic variation and slow rates of evolution. In agreement, conservation management considers genetic variation as the ultimate measure of a population’s ability to survive over time. However, clonal plants are among the oldest living organisms on our planet. Here, we test the hypothesis that clonal seagrass meadows display epigenetic variation that complements genetic variation as a source of phenotypic variation. In a clonal meadow of the seagrass Zostera marina, we characterized DNA methylation among 42 shoots. We also sequenced the whole genome of 10 shoots to correlate methylation patterns with photosynthetic performance under exposure to and recovery from 27°C, while controlling for somatic mutations. Here, we show for the first time that clonal seagrass shoots display DNA methylation variation that is independent from underlying genetic variation, and associated with variation in photosynthetic performance under experimental conditions. It remains unknown to what degree this association could be influenced by epigenetic responses to transplantation-related stress, given that the methylomes showed a strong shift under acclimation to laboratory conditions. The lack of untreated control samples in the heat stress experiment did not allow us to distinguish methylome shifts induced by acclimation from such induced by heat stress. Notwithstanding, the co-variation in DNA methylation and photosynthetic performance may be linked via gene expression because methylation patterns varied in functionally relevant genes involved in photosynthesis, and in the repair and prevention of heat-induced protein damage. While genotypic diversity has been shown to enhance stress resilience in seagrass meadows, we suggest that epigenetic variation plays a similar role in meadows dominated by a single genotype. Consequently, conservation management of clonal plants should consider epigenetic variation as indicator of resilience and stability. 
PY 2020
PD SEP
SO Frontiers In Plant Science
SN 1664-462X
PU Frontiers Media SA
VL 11
IS 571646
UT 000572221200001
DI 10.3389/fpls.2020.571646
ID 76375
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