Epigenetics in forest trees: state of the art and potential implications for breeding and management in a context of climate change
Forest trees are long-lived organisms subject to repeated environmental constraints
throughout their long lifetimes. They have developed various mechanisms enabling them to
cope with fluctuating environmental conditions during their life span, and to survive to
current climate change. Epigenetics has recently emerged as a powerful set of mechanisms
regulating various developmental processes, plant growth and responses to environmental
variations. Such epigenetic mechanisms, which may remain stable along tree life or across …
throughout their long lifetimes. They have developed various mechanisms enabling them to
cope with fluctuating environmental conditions during their life span, and to survive to
current climate change. Epigenetics has recently emerged as a powerful set of mechanisms
regulating various developmental processes, plant growth and responses to environmental
variations. Such epigenetic mechanisms, which may remain stable along tree life or across …