1. Epigenetic regulation of adaptive responses of forest tree species to the environment
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Malcolm M. Campbell, Carmen Díaz-Sala, Clément Lafon-Placette, Mario F. Fraga, M. Ángeles Guevara, Stéphane Maury, Øystein Johnsen, Dolores Abarca, José Gutiérrez Marcos, Katharina Bräutigam, Kelly J. Vining, Silvia Fluch, Steven H. Strauss, Carl Gunnar Fossdal, Marie Mirouze, Antje Rohde, María-Teresa Cervera, University of Toronto, Oregon State University (OSU), Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures (LBLGC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sch Life Sci, La Trobe University, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Universidad de Oviedo [Oviedo], Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria = National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA), Universidad de Alcalá - University of Alcalá (UAH), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Research Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), and UE [2440096-FP7, 289841-FP7]
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0106 biological sciences ,SOMACLONAL VARIATION ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Climate change ,Adaptive response ,environmental stress ,epigenetic memory of stressful conditions ,epigenetics ,forest trees ,phenotypic plasticity ,GENOMIC DNA METHYLATION ,ELAEIS-GUINEENSIS JACQ ,PICEA-ABIES PROGENIES ,CLIMATIC ADAPTATION ,GENE-EXPRESSION ,NORWAY SPRUCE ,IN-VITRO ,TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS ,PARENTAL ENVIRONMENT ,Biology ,01 natural sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,QH301 ,Ecosystem ,Epigenetics ,QH426 ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,030304 developmental biology ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Original Research ,epigenetic memory of stressful ,0303 health sciences ,Adaptive traits ,Phenotypic plasticity ,Ecology ,fungi ,QK ,food and beverages ,15. Life on land ,Plant species ,Tree species ,conditions ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Epigenetic variation is likely to contribute to the phenotypic plasticity and adaptative capacity of plant species, and may be especially important for long-lived organisms with complex life cycles, including forest trees. Diverse environmental stresses and hybridization/polyploidization events can create reversible heritable epigenetic marks that can be transmitted to subsequent generations as a form of molecular "memory". Epigenetic changes might also contribute to the ability of plants to colonize or persist in variable environments. In this review, we provide an overview of recent data on epigenetic mechanisms involved in developmental processes and responses to environmental cues in plant, with a focus on forest tree species. We consider the possible role of forest tree epigenetics as a new source of adaptive traits in plant breeding, biotechnology, and ecosystem conservation under rapid climate change. © 2013 The Authors. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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