Fig. 3: Predictability and reproducibility of environment-induced phenotypic changes.
From: Environment-induced heritable variations are common in Arabidopsis thaliana
a The occurrence frequency (mean ± SE) of significant environment-induced changes varied between genotypes, ancestral environmental treatments, offspring generations and phenotypes. The occurrence frequencies are estimated from six independent biological replicates (n = 6) per genotype/treatment/generation. Significance is tested using generalized linear mixed-effects models (GLMM) with two-sided chi-square statistics. The P values for multiple comparisons are adjusted with the “single-step” method in the function glht (R package “multcomp”). b The occurrence frequency of different genotypes could not be predicted from the climate at origin or methylation, but from the abundance of transposons in certain superfamilies. c The effect sizes of induced changes show limited correlations with ancestor response. d The effect sizes are quantitatively reproducible between offspring generations. e The effect sizes are quantitatively reproducible between Test I and Test II. Solid circles represent significant effect sizes in either the generation or test, and transparent circles represent nonsignificant effect sizes in both generations and tests. FT Flowering time, PH Plant height, AB Aboveground biomass, RD Rosette diameter, and FN Fruit number. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
