Recent research in plant epigenetics has increased our understanding of how epigenetic
variability can contribute to adaptive phenotypic plasticity in natural populations. Studies …

Key message Two QTL with pleiotropic effects on plant height and spike length linked in
coupling phase on chromosome 2DS were dissected, and diagnostic marker for each QTL …

In long‐term grassland experiments, positive biodiversity effects on plant productivity
commonly increase with time. Subsequent glasshouse experiments showed that these …

Without directly altering the underlying DNA sequence, epigenetic signals such as histone
modifications, DNA methylation and RNA interference (RNAi) can be specific to particular …

Epigenetic modification induced during embryogenesis can serve as a mechanism for rapid
adaptation of plants to climate change, especially for long living organisms such as trees …

Environmental changes can trigger phenotypic variation in plants through epigenetic
mechanisms, but strong genetic influences on epigenetic variation and phenotypes make it …

Plant species differ in their ecological amplitude, with some species occurring in very
different habitats under strongly differentiated environmental conditions. We were interested …

The most prominent scenario on the origins of life is that life began with RNA. This is a rather
convenient hypothesis that has been based on an acceleration of complexity in the …

European semi-natural grasslands are among the most species rich habitats in the world.
They were historically shaped by anthropogenic land use and developed their species and …

生态表观遗传学是一门利用表观遗传学的理论知识研究个体表型可塑性, 生态互作和不同生境下
种群分化, 环境适应, 物种进化等生态学现象的科学. 目前, 从分子层面阐明表观遗传机制的研究 …