Transgenerational plasticity in clonal plants

0357804 - BÚ 2011 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Latzel, Vít - Klimešová, Jitka
Transgenerational plasticity in clonal plants.
Evolutionary Ecology. Roč. 24, č. 6 (2010), s. 1537-1543. ISSN 0269-7653. E-ISSN 1573-8477
R&D Projects: GA ČR GD206/08/H044; GA ČR GA526/09/0963; GA ČR GPP505/10/P173
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : maternal effect * evolution * clonal plants
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 2.398, year: 2010

Transgenerational plasticity has recently been recognized as a mechanism allowing phenotypic adjustments to local conditions to be passed onto sexually produced offspring. Although thus far it has been studied mainly in non-clonal plants, the present paper proposes that transgenerational plasticity is also applicable to asexually generated progeny, and that it can have multiple consequences for clonal plants. Indeed, in clonal plants, local phenotypic adjustment transferred to the next generation—whether produced sexually or asexually—can provide a mechanism that assists the population better exploit spatial heterogeneity. Moreover, this concept provides a framework allowing investigation of how long environmental heterogeneity will affect growth of asexually as well as sexually generated progeny.
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