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 …

Marine macrophytes are the foundation of algal forests and seagrass meadows–some of the
most productive and diverse coastal marine ecosystems on the planet. These ecosystems …

Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary
ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems …

The article presents information related to epigenetics. It is stated that epigenetics is often
broadly defined and vaguely used and is often applied to the study of chemical tags on DNA …

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

Understanding the evolutionary and ecological roles of'non-genetic'inheritance (NGI) is
daunting due to the complexity and diversity of epigenetic mechanisms. We draw on insights …

Better understanding of the mechanistic basis of plant plasticity will enhance efforts to breed
crops resilient to predicted climate change. However, complexity in plasticity's …

In plants, transgenerational inheritance of some epialleles has been demonstrated but it
remains controversial whether epigenetic variation is subject to selection and contributes to …

Phenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism for populations to buffer themselves from
environmental change. While it has long been appreciated that natural populations possess …

Although there is keen interest in the potential adaptive value of epigenetic variation, it is
unclear what conditions favor the stability of these variants either within or across …