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Genetic and epigenetic differences associated with environmental gradients in replicate populations of two salt marsh perennials.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2016
Foust C M, Preite V, Schrey A W, Alvarez M, Robertson M H, Verhoeven K J F, Richards C L
Abstract excerpt
While traits and trait plasticity are partly genetically based, investigating epigenetic mechanisms may provide more nuanced understanding of the mechanisms underlying response to environment. Using AFLP and methylation-sensitive AFLP, we tested the hypothesis that differentiation to habitats along natural salt marsh environmental gradients occurs at epigenetic, but not genetic loci in two salt marsh perennials....
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