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Repeated colonization of alpine habitats by Arabidopsis arenosa viewed through freezing resistance and ice management strategies

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PLANT BIOLOGY
卷 24, 期 6, 页码 939-949

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/plb.13454

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Adaptation; cold acclimation; freezing resistance; ice nucleation; parallel evolution; polyploidization

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  1. Austrian Science fund FWF [P 31027]

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The success or failure of plants in coping with freezing temperatures is crucial for their distribution and adaptation in new habitats. This study focused on the differentiation in freezing resistance, cold acclimation potential, and ice management strategies in alpine and foothill populations of Arabidopsis arenosa, revealing the importance of dynamic adjustment and evolutionary history in plant adaptation to alpine environments. The formation of an extracellular ice lens as a mechanism to avoid tissue damage during freezing is a novel finding with potential implications for plant survival in extreme cold conditions.
Success or failure of plants to cope with freezing temperatures can critically influence plant distribution and adaptation to new habitats. Especially in alpine environments, frost is a likely major selective force driving adaptation. In Arabidopsis arenosa (L.) Lawalree, alpine populations have evolved independently in different mountain ranges, enabling studying mechanisms of acclimation and adaptation to alpine environments. We tested for heritable, parallel differentiation in freezing resistance, cold acclimation potential and ice management strategies using eight alpine and eight foothill populations. Plants from three European mountain ranges (Niedere Tauern, Fagaras and Tatra Mountains) were grown from seeds of tetraploid populations in four common gardens, together with diploid populations from the Tatra Mountains. Freezing resistance was assessed using controlled freezing treatments and measuring effective quantum yield of photosystem II, and ice management strategies by infrared video thermography and cryomicroscopy. The alpine ecotype had a higher cold acclimation potential than the foothill ecotype, whereby this differentiation was more pronounced in tetraploid than diploid populations. However, no ecotypic differentiation was found in one region (Fagaras), where the ancient lineage had a different evolutionary history. Upon freezing, an ice lens within a lacuna between the palisade and spongy parenchyma tissues was formed by separation of leaf tissues, a mechanism not previously reported for herbaceous species. The dynamic adjustment of freezing resistance to temperature conditions may be particularly important in alpine environments characterized by large temperature fluctuations. Furthermore, the formation of an extracellular ice lens may be a useful strategy to avoid tissue damage during freezing.

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