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SMALL PROBLEM. "Traits (phenotypes) do not only result from a complex combination of genetic and environmental variation but can also be influenced by epigenetic variation, which can be transgenerationally heritable in plants." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215015766 View in LinkedIn

LITTLE DIVERSITY. "Many clonal species are highly successful plant invaders, and, in some cases, their populations seem to contain little if any genetic diversity." http://www.pnas.org/content/112/29/8859.full View in LinkedIn

NOT COMMON. "Since apomixis has not been retrieved in major crop species, research is mainly focussed on the genetic engineering of apomixis and hence on the identification of genes that underlie its major components." https://lnkd.in/dRCvaGr View in LinkedIn

FIXED GENOTYPE. "Apomicts produce clonal offspring, such that apomixis could be used to transgenerationally fix any genotype, including that of F1 hybrids, which are used in agriculture due to their superior vigor and yield." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215015766 View in LinkedIn

HOLY GRAIL. "Apomixis Allows the Transgenerational Fixation of Phenotypes in Hybrid Plants. The introduction of apomixis—asexual reproduction through seeds—into crop plants is considered the holy grail of agriculture, as it would provide a mechanism to maintain agriculturally important phenotypes." https://lnkd.in/dEzaftg View in LinkedIn

BREEDING REVOLUTION. "Plant Breeding: Surprisingly, Less Sex Is Better. A new study demonstrates that traits can be stably transferred between generations in newly produced apomictic lines, and heralds a breeding revolution needed to increase food production for the growing planet." https://lnkd.in/d_SK6ee View in LinkedIn

SUDDEN NOVELTY. "Although these ideas were easily dismissed by the insights of the Modern Synthesis, a lingering fascination with the possibility of sudden, dramatic change has persisted. Recent work on hybridization and gene exchange suggests an underappreciated mechanism for the sudden appearance of evolutionary novelty that is entirely consistent with the principles of modern population genetics." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-012-9209-0 View in LinkedIn

BEYOND PARENTAL PHENOTYPES. "Recombination of fixed genetic differences between two populations in the F2 and later generations can produce hybrids with phenotypes novel to both parental populations. When these recombinant phenotypes have fitness beyond the range of parental phenotypes they are transgressive." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-012-9209-0 View in LinkedIn

NOVELTY BY HYBRIDIZATION. "The idea that hybridization can rapidly produce novel forms is familiar among botanists, but rarely appeared in mainstream discussions of speciation until recently thanks to several case studies of homoploid hybrid speciation." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-012-9209-0 View in LinkedIn

"A MAJOR TASK for evolutionary biology has been to develop and test theories for the origin of novelty that are consistent with the fundamental genetic principles of gradual populational change." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-012-9209-0 View in LinkedIn