Plant biology: Environmental extremes induce a jump in peach fitness

Curr Biol. 2021 Sep 13;31(17):R1046-R1048. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.027.

Abstract

A new study reports that adaptation to climate extremes appears to be driven by replication of a class of transposable elements in peaches and related species. Advanced genomic sequencing techniques may reveal similar events in other plants exposed to extreme stress.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Biology
  • Climate Change
  • Plants
  • Prunus persica* / genetics