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Vertically transmitted symbionts as mechanisms of transgenerational effects.
American journal of botany - 1 May 2017
Gundel Pedro E, Rudgers Jennifer A, Whitney Kenneth D
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: A transgenerational effect occurs when a biotic or abiotic environmental factor acts on a parental individual and thereby affects the phenotype of progeny. Due to the importance of transgenerational effects for understanding plant ecology and evolution, their underlying mechanisms are of general interest. Here, we introduce the concept that inherited symbiotic microorganisms could act as...
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