The eco-evolutionary significance of epigenomic variation during plant invasions KU Leuven
Due to the global expansion of transport of goods and people, ecosystems worldwide are literally flooded with alien plant species, whose persistence and spread challenges our current understanding of the processes underlying rapid adaptation. Recent studies in native species suggest that invasive species may exploit epigenomic variation (i.e. changes in gene expression and function that cannot be explained by changes in DNA sequence) to ...