Epigenetic variation is likely to contribute to the phenotypic plasticity and adaptative capacity
of plant species, and may be especially important for long‐lived organisms with complex life …

▪ Abstract Currently, genetic variation is probably the most important basic resource for plant
biology. In addition to the variation artificially generated by mutants in model plants, naturally …

There is now mounting evidence that heritable variation in ecologically relevant traits can be
generated through a suite of epigenetic mechanisms, even in the absence of genetic …

Given the explosive development of new molecular marker techniques over the last decade,
newcomers and experts alike in the field of DNA fingerprinting will find an easy-to-follow …

Heritable variation in plant phenotypes, and thus potential for evolutionary change, can in
principle not only be caused by variation in DNA sequence, but also by underlying …

Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) can detect and type DNA variation at several hundred
genomic loci in parallel without relying on sequence information. Here we show that it can …

Background Epigenetic modifications, such as cytosine methylation, are inherited in plant
species and may occur in response to biotic or abiotic stress, affecting gene expression …

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) DNA fingerprinting is a firmly established
molecular marker technique, with broad applications in population genetics, shallow …

Phenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism for populations to buffer themselves from
environmental change. While it has long been appreciated that natural populations possess …

To study the consequences of hybridization and genome duplication on polyploid genome
evolution and adaptation, we used independently formed hybrids (Spartina× townsendii and …