Plants are sessile organisms that need to adapt to constantly changing environmental
conditions. Unpredictable climate change places plants under a variety of abiotic stresses …

Trees are constantly exposed to climate fluctuations, which vary with both time and
geographic location. Environmental changes that are outside of the physiological favorable …

Epigenetic modifications play a vital role in the preservation of genome integrity and in the
regulation of gene expression. DNA methylation, one of the key mechanisms of epigenetic …

Background Plants can transmit somatic mutations and epimutations to offspring, which in
turn can affect fitness. Knowledge of the rate at which these variations arise is necessary to …

Woody perennial plants make up nearly half of plant diversity and represent one‐third of the
world's major crop species, yet effective strategies to maintain and preserve these important …

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

Plants and algae have a complex life history that transitions between distinct life forms called
the sporophyte and the gametophyte. This phenomenon—called the alternation of …

An epigenetic memory of the temperature sum experienced during embryogenesis is part of
the climatic adaptation strategy of the long-lived gymnosperm Norway spruce. This memory …

DNA methylation is environment-sensitive and can mediate stress responses. In long-lived
trees, changing environments might cumulatively shape the methylome landscape over their …

In the last 20 years, several techniques have been developed for quantifying DNA
methylation, the most studied epigenetic marks in eukaryotes, including the gold standard …