Transgenerational plasticity to drought: contrasting patterns of non-genetic inheritance in two semi-arid Mediterranean shrubs.

Marina Ramos-Muñoz Mario Blanco-Sánchez Beatriz Pías Adrián Escudero Silvia Matesanz

Published in: Annals of botany (2024)

Our results highlight that adaptive effects associated with maternal drought can persist beyond the seedling stage and provide evidence of species-level variation in the expression of transgenerational plasticity. Such differences between co-occurring Mediterranean species in the prevalence of this form of non-genetic inheritance may result in differential vulnerability to climate change.

Keyphrases

climate change
mitochondrial dna
copy number
genome wide
arabidopsis thaliana
poor prognosis
human health
risk factors
genetic diversity
birth weight
binding protein
pregnancy outcomes
risk assessment
long non coding rna
preterm birth