Transgenerational effects in asexually reproduced offspring of Populus.

The response of trees to a changing climate can be affected by transgenerational phenotypic plasticity, i.e. phenotypic variation that is conserved and transferred to the offspring. Transgenerational plasticity that is influenced by epigenetics (heritable changes in gene function that do not result...

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Main Authors: Sumitra Dewan, Pieter De Frenne, An Vanden Broeck, Marijke Steenackers, Kristine Vander Mijnsbrugge, Kris Verheyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208591