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Restoration of ancestral transcriptional plasticity contributes to plastic heterosis in fatty liver of hybrid ducks.
Communications biology - 14 Apr 2026
Xu Ming-Min, Huang Yinhua, Zhang Ya-Ping, Peng Min-Sheng
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic plasticity enables organisms to modify their phenotypes in response to environmental fluctuations. Interspecific hybrids can inherit parental phenotypic plasticity and even exhibit enhanced physiological performance under analogous environmental shifts, a phenomenon termed as plastic heterosis. However, the genetic mechanisms underlying plastic heterosis remain poorly understood. Here, we explore the...
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