Department of Population Ecology
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In strawberry, transgenerational effects (TGE) depend on how plants reproduce:
Clonal offspring: stronger TGE from abiotic stresses
Sexual offspring: stronger TGE from biotic interactions
Even DNA methylation inheritance follows this split.
Reproduction mode shapes what kind of memory plants pass on
Clonal offspring: stronger TGE from abiotic stresses
Sexual offspring: stronger TGE from biotic interactions
Even DNA methylation inheritance follows this split.
Reproduction mode shapes what kind of memory plants pass on
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🧬 New from our Department
#PlantScience #Epigenetics #TransgenerationalEffects #FragariaVesca #PlantMemory
#PlantScience #Epigenetics #TransgenerationalEffects #FragariaVesca #PlantMemory
Our department is proud to be part of the organizing team for this amazing conference on population biology and beyond! 🌿 Don't miss this great opportunity to visit Prague in the spring! 🌸 #PopBio2025 #ScienceConference #Ecology"
Great news! 🌿 #PopBio2025 is coming to Prague! Don't miss this fantastic conference on population biology—save the date! 21-24 May 📅 #Ecology #Evolution #ScienceConference"
🌱 I’m excited to announce that I’ll be presenting at PopBio 2025 in Prague! 🌍🌐
I’ll be discussing the drivers of stability in ecological communities and sharing new results from long-term biodiversity data.
🗓️ May 2025 | More info: popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz
#PopBio2025 #Ecology #FunctionalEcology
I’ll be discussing the drivers of stability in ecological communities and sharing new results from long-term biodiversity data.
🗓️ May 2025 | More info: popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz
#PopBio2025 #Ecology #FunctionalEcology
February 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Our department is proud to be part of the organizing team for this amazing conference on population biology and beyond! 🌿 Don't miss this great opportunity to visit Prague in the spring! 🌸 #PopBio2025 #ScienceConference #Ecology"
Reposted by Department of Population Ecology
Env. change can push plants beyond their genetic limits, but heritable epigenetic changes may offer a fast track to adaptation. Our study on clonal woodland strawberry shows altitude-driven selection on epialleles, suggesting DNA methylation could help plants thrive under changing environment.
DNA methylation shows footprints of altitude selection in the clonal plant species Fragaria vesca
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
www.biorxiv.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Env. change can push plants beyond their genetic limits, but heritable epigenetic changes may offer a fast track to adaptation. Our study on clonal woodland strawberry shows altitude-driven selection on epialleles, suggesting DNA methylation could help plants thrive under changing environment.
Check out our new paper in Journal of Ecology! We’ve been delving into transgenerational plasticity (TGP)—that cool mechanism where plants “prep” their offspring for future environments. Our big question? Whether clonal and sexual offspring from the same parent plants show similar TGP.
Transgenerational effects of mycorrhiza are stronger in sexual than in clonal offspring of Fragaria vesca and are partly adaptive
These results suggest that clonal and sexual reproduction are under different evolutionary pressures, leading to the development of stronger TGE mechanisms in response to mycorrhizal symbiosis in the...
doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Check out our new paper in Journal of Ecology! We’ve been delving into transgenerational plasticity (TGP)—that cool mechanism where plants “prep” their offspring for future environments. Our big question? Whether clonal and sexual offspring from the same parent plants show similar TGP.