MORE PLASTIC ADAPTATION. “Relying to various degrees on vegetative reproduction, the capacity to conserve or reverse gene regulation changes over cell divisions has clear potential for optimization of plasticity and acclimation in response to environmental variation encountered. Clonal plants may be one of the best examples of organisms taking advantage of epigenetic acclimation as an alternative to the slower mechanisms of adaptation through natural selection.”
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-014-0430-z
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022