supported by a mobility grant from the University of A Coruña(Inditex-UDC 2017 program);This is a contribution from the Alien Species Network(Ref.ED431D 2017/20-Xunta de Galicia,Autonomous Government of Galicia);.D.M.S.M.thanks the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico/CNPq(307839/2014-1)for her Research Fellowship.
Aims Recent studies have revealed heritable phenotypic plasticity through vegetative generations.In this sense,changes in gene regulation induced by the environment,such as DNA methylation(i.e.epigenetic changes),can ...