Potential evidence for transgenerational epigenetic memory in Arabidopsis thaliana following spaceflight

In order to investigate whether the effects of spaceflight on plants persist in future generations, Xu et al studied the offspring of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings that had been grown in a microgravity environment for 11 days. They found that epigenetic modifications caused by spaceflight potential...

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Autores principales: Peipei Xu, Haiying Chen, Jinbo Hu, Weiming Cai
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/93763e55ae4b4f94a30cb16c8f7f6665
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Sumario:In order to investigate whether the effects of spaceflight on plants persist in future generations, Xu et al studied the offspring of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings that had been grown in a microgravity environment for 11 days. They found that epigenetic modifications caused by spaceflight potentially affected the growth of two future seed generations, shedding light on the longevity of the effects of spaceflight on plants.