Graduation Year
2014
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Department
W.M. Keck Science Department
Second Department
Biology
Reader 1
Bryan Thines
Rights Information
© 2014 Paloma Medina
Abstract
Flowering in Arabidopsis thalina is controlled by multiple pathways and is repressed by cold. To understand how A. thalina molecularly responds to cold stress temperatures, we subjected seedlings to different temperatures of cold stress for four days. Specifically, we conducted quantitative PCR of CONSTANS (CO) and the F-Box protein FKF1 to observe specifically how cold temperatures might affect the flowering time of a plant. We found a 16°C cold stress temperature increased both CO and FKF1 transcription when compared to a 24°C control. The increased expression of both CO and FKF1 may serve as a priming pathway that enables plants to be ready to flower at the precise moment when spring arrives.
Recommended Citation
Medina, Paloma, "Response of Flowering Time Genes, CONSTANS and FKF1, to Cold Temperature in Arabidopsis thaliana" (2014). Scripps Senior Theses. 396.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/396
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
