DNA methylation variation and growth in the clonal Duchesnea indica is regulated by both past and present lead environments

Studies suggest that clonal plants' ability to select habitats and forage in a heterogeneous environment is influenced by their past environment, with stress legacy potentially playing a crucial role. In this study, we examined parental ramets of Duchesnea indica Focke that were subject to either a control or lead-contaminated environment (past environment), and their newborn offspring were then transplanted into control, homogeneous lead or heterogeneous lead environment (present environment). We analysed how past and present environments affect plant growth and DNA methylation in offspring. The result shown that the DNA methylation loci composition of offspring was affected by the interaction of parental environment and offspring environment, and DNA methylation levels were higher in heterogeneous environments. Moreover, our findings indicate that offspring would thrive in the heterogeneous lead environment if they did not experience lead pollution in the past, their progeny will avoid lead toxicity by reducing underground biomass allocation. However, when the parents experienced lead stress environment, their biomass allocation strategies disappeared, and they prefer to grow in favourable patches to avoid lead-contaminated patches. We concluded that the integration of historical parental exposure to lead-contaminated and current information about their offspring's environment are impacting plant phenotypes. It is possible that the stress legacy from the parents has been transmitted to their offspring ramets, and the stress legacy is at least partly based on heritable epigenetic variation. The phenotypic variation regulated by the stress legacy affects the growth performance, biomass allocation strategy, and even the behaviour of D. indica.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

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Epigenetics - 19(2024), 1 vom: 21. Jan., Seite 2305078

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Quan, Jiaxin [VerfasserIn]
Song, Shanshan [VerfasserIn]
Xing, Linya [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Yue, Ming [VerfasserIn]

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2P299V784P
DNA methylation
Epigenetic
Heterogeneous environment
Journal Article
Lead
Lead contaminated
Morphological plasticity
Stress legacy

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Date Completed 23.01.2024

Date Revised 24.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/15592294.2024.2305078

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NLM367363992