Cold tolerance acquired through inheritable cold‐induced epigenetic variation

2025/06/12 by Shuhua Yang, Yijun Qi · 1 voice
Medicine · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Adipose Tissue and Metabolism #Epigenetics and DNA Methylation #RNA Research and Splicing

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/jipb.13954

Abstract

This commentary examines a study by Song et al. (2025) showing that an environmentally induced epiallele at ACQUIRED COLD TOLERANCE 1 mediates the heritable acquisition of an adaptive trait, cold tolerance, in rice.

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