Adjusting to Global Change through Clonal Growth and Epigenetic Variation
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Adjusting to Global Change through Clonal Growth and Epigenetic Variation
The earth is experiencing major changes in global and regional climates and changes are predicted to accelerate in the future. Many species will be under considerable pressure to evolve, to migrate, or be faced with extinction. Clonal plants would appear to be at a particular disadvantage due to their limited mobility and limited capacity for adaptation. However, they have outlived previous env...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2296-701X
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00086