Experimental Treatment with a Hypomethylating Agent Alters Life History Traits and Fitness in Brassica rapa

Figure 1

Mean number of days from methylation treatment to germination in three varieties of Brassica rapa. Blue bars (left) indicate control individuals (“Con”) while yellow bars (right) denote individuals under 5-azacytidine hypomethylation treatment (“Aza”). Varieties have differing source locations and flowering regimes. Biennial: Netherlands, biennial; California: California, annual; FastPlant: Lab-selected, rapid annual. Error bars represent 1 SE. The following symbols denote significance, quantified by planned orthogonal contrast between “Aza” and “Con”: ^†p < 0.1, p < 0.05.