Examining how morphology, life history and physiology vary along environmental clines
can reveal functional insight into adaptations to climate and thus inform predictions about …

Abstract Effects of parental environment on offspring traits have been well known for decades.
Interest in this transgenerational form of phenotypic plasticity has recently surged due to …

Background The presence of methyl groups on cytosine nucleotides across an organism’s
genome (methylation) is a major regulator of genome stability, crossing over, and gene …

While native populations are often adapted to historical biotic and abiotic conditions at their
home site, populations from other locations in the range may be better adapted to current …

Sexual reproduction allows transposable elements (TEs) to proliferate, leading to rapid
divergence between populations and species. A significant outcome of divergence in the TE …

PREMISE Due to climate change, more frequent and intense periodic droughts are predicted
to increasingly pose major challenges to the persistence of plant populations. When a …

Leaf trichome density in M imulus guttatus can be altered by the parental environment. In this
study, we compared global gene expression patterns in progeny of damaged and control …

Epigenetic variation in plant populations is an important factor in determining phenotype and
adaptation to the environment. However, while advances have been made in the molecular …

Background Transgenerational plasticity occurs when the environmental experience of an
organism modifies the growth and development of its progeny. Leaf damage in Mimulus …

Genetic diversity becomes structured among populations over time due to genetic drift and
divergent selection. Although population structure is often treated as a uniform underlying …