Extensive variation of leaf specialized metabolite production in sessile oak (Quercus petraea) populations is to a large extent genetically determined but not locally adaptive.
Coq--Etchegaray, D.; Bernillon, S.; Le Provost, G.; Kremer, A.; Ducousso, A.; Lalanne, C.; Bonne, F.; Moing, A.; Plomion, C.; Brachi, B.
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Specialized or secondary metabolites play a key role in plant resistance against abiotic stresses and defences against bioaggressors. For example, in sessile oaks Quercus petraea, phenolics contribute to reduce herbivore damage and improve drought resistance. Here, we explored the natural variation of specialized metabolites in nine European provenances of sessile oaks and aimed to detect its underlying genetic bases. We sampled mature leaves from high and low branches on 225 sessile oak trees located in a common garden and used untargeted metabolomics to characterise the variation of 217 specialized metabolites. In addition, we used whole genome low-depth sequencing to genotype individuals for 1.4M genetic markers. We found that leaf specialized metabolites displayed extensive within-provenance variation, but very little differentiation between provenances. In addition, a genome-wide association study allowed detecting significant associations for 42% of these metabolites. Hence, our results suggest that genetic variation for most leaf specialized metabolites is unlikely to be locally adaptive, however lack of differentiation among populations suggests selection acts locally to maintain diversity at loci associated with leaf specialized metabolites variation.
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