The role that epigenetic inheritance can play in adaptation may differ between sexuals and
asexuals because (1) the dynamics of adaptation differ under sexual and asexual …

Polyploidy, the condition of possessing more than 2 complete chromosome sets in the same
nucleus, is frequent in nature and has implications for a species' prospects for evolution …

DNA methylation can cause heritable phenotypic modifications in the absence of changes in
DNA sequence. Environmental stresses can trigger methylation changes and this may have …

We describe epiGBS, a reduced representation bisulfite sequencing method for cost-
effective exploration and comparative analysis of DNA methylation and genetic variation in …

Researchers are beginning to use wild plant populations to survey and assess cytosine
methylation polymorphisms in a population and ecological genetic framework. These …

The spread of invasive species presents a genetic paradox: how do individuals overcome
the genetic barriers associated with introductions (eg, bottlenecks and founder effects) to …

Triploid plants have larger organs, greater biomass, and strong stress resistance by
preserving relatively larger amounts of photosynthetic energy. The undesirable spread of …

Unisexual animals are commonly found in some polyploid species complexes, and most of
these species have had a long evolutionary history. However, their method for avoiding …

Environmentally induced phenotypic plasticity may be a critical component of response to
changing environments. We examined local differentiation and adaptive phenotypic …

Heritable epigenetic modulation of gene expression is a candidate mechanism to explain
parental environmental effects on offspring phenotypes, but current evidence for …