Transcriptomic plasticity in sagebrush under abiotic stress
Diploid Artemisia tridentata subsp. tridentata plantlets originating from La Sal, UT were subject to drought, combined drought x heat and heat shock to assess transcriptional plasticity, differential gene expression, coexpression networks, and driver genes of genetically identical individuals. This species is a keystone shrub within western North America and is currently under threat due to novel climate change conditions, urbanization and wildfires. Individuals exhibiting high levels of transcriptionally plasticity are predicted to have enhanced resilience to novel climate change conditions. Therefore the data provided from this study can aid in the identification of individuals exhibiting plasticity and inform restoration plans to restore habitats with genotypes maintaining the highest resilience to climate change conditions.