Transgenerational effects that are interpreted in terms of epigenetics have become an
important research focus at a time when rapid environmental changes are occurring. These …

Key message Bet-hedging is a complex evolutionary strategy involving morphological, eco-
physiological,(epi) genetic and population dynamics aspects. We review these aspects in …

A decade ago, a landmark edited collection of essays made official the ongoing quest for an
Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES), beyond the classic Modern Synthesis that took …

Parental or ancestral environments can induce heritable phenotypic changes, but whether
such environment-induced heritable changes are a common phenomenon remains …

Plants are extremely plastic organisms. They continuously receive and integrate
environmental information and adjust their growth and development to favour fitness and …

Weeds in agricultural settings continually adapt to stresses from ecological and
anthropogenic sources, in some cases leading to resistant populations. However …

Conditions during a parent's lifetime can induce phenotypic changes in offspring, providing
a potentially important source of variation in natural populations. Yet, to date, biotic factors …

Although non-genetic inheritance is thought to play an important role in plant ecology and
evolution, evidence for adaptive transgenerational plasticity is scarce. Here, we investigated …

Transgenerational plasticity is the plastic response of offspring to ancestral environments.
Theoretical studies and experimental evolution have demonstrated the importance of …

Environments influence the expression of phenotypes of individuals, their progeny, and
even their grandprogeny. The duration of environmental effects and how they are modified …