The EICA-hypothesis predicts that invading plants adapt to their novel environment by evolving increased performance and reduced resistance in response to the release from natural enemies, and assumes ...

A recent study has revealed the genetic mechanisms behind transgenerational phenotypic plasticity—a crucial factor in plant adaptation to environmental changes. By investigating Arabidopsis thaliana ...

Plant and Soil, Vol. 460, No. 1/2 (March 2021), pp. 247-261 (15 pages) Aims Although leaf and root traits may change considerably throughout plant development, ontogenetic variation is rarely ...

Carcinization is a captivating type of convergent evolution where five different groups of crustaceans have separately evolved to have crab-like body structures. Evolutionary paleobiologist Matthew ...