Growing evidence shows that epigenetic mechanisms contribute to complex traits, with
implications across many fields of biology. In plant ecology, recent studies have attempted to …

Biological invasions impose ecological and economic problems on a global scale, but also
provide extraordinary opportunities for studying contemporary evolution. It is critical to …

Transgenerational effects (TGE) can modify phenotypes of offspring generations playing
thus a potentially important role in ecology and evolution of many plant species. These …

Heritable epigenetic modifications may occur in response to environmental variation, further
altering phenotypes through gene regulation, without genome sequence changes. However …

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

外来植物入侵对本地生物多样性, 生态安全, 社会经济发展和人类健康造成了严重威胁. 因此,
探究植物入侵机制及其生态效应对我国生态可持续发展具有重要意义, 也是植物入侵生态学的 …

Following the Deepwater Horizon blowout, oil, degraded oil, oil mixed with dispersants, and
management responses to the spill affected a variety of Gulf of Mexico organisms. This …

Oil contamination is an environmental hazard to marine ecosystems, but marine organism
tolerance to oil after many generations of exposure remains poorly known. We studied the …

Invasive species have become a major threat to ecosystem stability, diversity and
sustainability in recent times. Invasive plants such as Spartina alterniflora (SA), outgrow …

The capacity to respond to environmental challenges ultimately relies on phenotypic
variation which manifests from complex interactions of genetic and nongenetic mechanisms …