@article{fdi:010046239, title = {{P}leiotropic effects of environment-specific adaptation in {A}rabidopsis thaliana}, author = {{K}over, {P}. {X}. and {R}owntree, {J}. {K}. and {S}carcelli, {N}ora and {S}avriama, {Y}. and {E}ldridge, {T}. and {S}chaal, {B}. {A}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{L}ocal adaptation may be important for the preservation of genetic diversity and the promotion of speciation. {H}owever, local adaptation may also constrain establishment in different environments. {T}he consequences of local adaptation depend strongly on the pleiotropic effects of the genes involved in adaptation. {H}ere, we investigated the pleiotropic effects of the genetic response to selection in outbred lines of {A}rabidopsis artificially selected to flower earlier under both winter- and spring-annual simulated conditions. {T}he consequences of adaptation were evaluated by reciprocally transplanting selected and control lines between the two conditions. {S}elected lines always flower earlier than their controls, independent of growing conditions. {H}owever, selected lines, growing in the same condition in which they were selected, flower earlier than plants selected in the alternative environment. {P}lants selected to flower earlier in spring produce more fruits than controls when growing in the spring, and less fruits when growing in the winter; indicating that local adaptation has negative pleiotropic effects in another environment. {O}ur results indicate that local adaptation can arise even when selection targets the same trait in the same direction. {F}urthermore, it suggests that adaptation under the two different environments can generate fitness trade-offs that can maintain genetic variation for flowering time. {N}ew {P}hytologist (2009) 183: 816-825doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02943.x.}, keywords = {{A}rabidopsis ; fitness ; flowering time ; heritability ; selection ; trade-off}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{N}ew {P}hytologist}, volume = {183}, numero = {3}, pages = {816--825}, ISSN = {0028-646{X}}, year = {2009}, DOI = {10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02943.x}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046239}, }