Epigenetic diversity increases the productivity and stability of plant populations

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3875" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3875</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3875" target="_blank" >10.1038/ncomms3875</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Epigenetic diversity increases the productivity and stability of plant populations
Original language description
Here, we show that epigenetic diversity increases the productivity and stability of plant populations. Epigenetically diverse populations of Arabidopsis thaliana produce up to 40% more biomass than epigenetically uniform populations. The positive epigenetic diversity effects are strongest when populations are grown together with competitors and infected with pathogens, and they seem to be partly driven by complementarity among epigenotypes. Our study has two implications: first, we may need to re-evaluate previous within-species diversity studies where some effects could reflect epigenetic diversity; second, we need to incorporate epigenetics into basic ecological research, by quantifying natural epigenetic diversity and testing for its ecological consequences across many different species.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EF - Botany
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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