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Ecological, (epi)genetic and physiological aspects of bet-hedging in angiosperms.
Plant reproduction - 1 Mar 2021
Gianella Maraeva, Bradford Kent J, Guzzon Filippo
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KEY MESSAGE: Bet-hedging is a complex evolutionary strategy involving morphological, eco-physiological, (epi)genetic and population dynamics aspects. We review these aspects in flowering plants and propose further research needed for this topic. Bet-hedging is an evolutionary strategy that reduces the temporal variance in fitness at the expense of a lowered arithmetic mean fitness. It has evolved in organisms...
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