DORMANCY AND MEMORY. “Many aspects of dormancy are analogous to nervous memory; there are short‐ and long‐term versions, dormancy can be reinforced or overridden, and a variety of environmental facets interplay to modify germination and dormancy. Even the molecular basis of long‐term dormancy may be similar to animal memory.”
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