Nutrient storage links past thermal exposure to current performance in phytoplankton | PNAS The growth of populations and organisms often depends on their previous history of environmental exposure: a phenomenon referred to as “phenotypic ...

Hannah S. Meier, PhD student @Utah.edu, recently contributed to a @pnas.org paper developing a mechanistic model to understand phenotypic memory in #phytoplankton! 🌊🧪🧬
#PhenotypicPlasticity

Illustrated schematic showing phenotypic plasticity across multiple organs in normal homeostasis and injury contexts. A central human figure is surrounded by circular panels depicting: • Lung: Alveolar type II (AT2) cells transitioning to AT1 cells after injury. • Intestine: Crypt base columnar (CBC) stem cells and Paneth cells interacting within the intestinal niche. • Pancreas: α and β islet cells with bidirectional plasticity under stress. • Liver: Hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells (BECs) showing lineage interconversion. • Skin: Keratinocytes, fibroblasts, immune cells, and adipocytes participating in wound repair and microenvironmental remodeling. Arrows indicate bidirectional transitions and injury-induced state changes, emphasizing that phenotypic plasticity is a conserved mechanism in tissue maintenance and regeneration.

📘 CHP Archive Spotlight #09
Review (2024) | Balk & Goodrich
From development to cancer progression, phenotypic plasticity shapes cell fate.
This review dissects the molecular drivers linking homeostasis to therapy resistance.
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#PhenotypicPlasticity #Epigenetics

Temporal dynamics of selection on early-life phenotypic plasticity in seasonal migration versus residence Abstract. The form, magnitude and temporal dynamics of selection on phenotypic plasticity will fundamentally shape eco-evolutionary responses to environmen

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#SPEetologia

#PhenotypicPlasticity #EvolutionaryEcology #Migration #EcoEvolutionaryDynamics #LifeHistory #BehavioralEcology #Selection #Seabirds

Tetraploids of an invasive clonal shrub, Lantana camara, present greater invasiveness than diploids Abstract. Compared with diploids, polyploids exhibit distinct biological traits and invasion strategies, often conferring enhanced invasive potential. Howe

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Tetraploids of an invasive clonal shrub, Lantana camara, present greater invasiveness than diploids

#Polyploidy | #ClonalGrowth | #GeneticDiversity | #PhenotypicPlasticity | #InvasionSuccess

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Invasive plants exhibit stronger root-shoot ratio plasticity than natives under abiotic stress: Insights from meta-analysis and experiments Abstract. Invasive plants pose a major threat to global ecosystems, exhibiting broad adaptability to multifaceted abiotic stresses. To investigate whether

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Invasive plants exhibit stronger root-shoot ratio plasticity than natives under #AbioticStress: Insights from meta-analysis and experiments

#InvasiveSpecies | #PhenotypicPlasticity | #ResourceAllocation

@mapjournals.bsky.social

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#EvoDevo #PhenotypicPlasticity #ImmuneDevelopment #ButterflyWingPatterns #Insect #Immunity #InsectImmunity #Butterfly

🔍 Before cancer starts, biology leaves clues.
The #ESMO25 session “The hallmarks of pre-cancer” unveils them
📅 17 Oct | 16:00–17:30 | Hall 5.2

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#GenomeInstability #PhenotypicPlasticity #inflammationa

New research in #RESPhysEnt

Plasticity of cold tolerance and body composition in response to varying winter conditions in a temperate #WolfSpider
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70008

#Schizocosa #PhenotypicPlasticity
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wiley.com

Tomorrow it’s conference time! 🌱
We’re looking forward to welcoming early-career and senior researchers to Potsdam for the International Conference on Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants (PhenPlasPlants 2025) – hosted by CRC 1644.

#CRC1644 #PhenPlasPlants2025 #PlantScience #PhenotypicPlasticity

🗺️📊Exploring reversibility and contrasting patterns in temperature–size relationships across spatial and temporal scales using subfossil chironomids

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#BodySizeVariation #Chironomidae #ClimateChange #Paleolimnology #PhenotypicPlasticity

🦋📊Clear effects of population and sex but not rearing temperature on stress tolerance in a temperate butterfly

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📷 © Rikke Trachsel, caterpillar
Nadja Verspagen, adult

#Acclimation #CarryOverEffects #G×E #PhenotypicPlasticity #StarvationTolerance #ThermalTolerance

Fantastic talk by our PI, Anika Küken, at the Pint of Science Festival in Potsdam!!
From plant plasticity to powerful science communication - this is how you make research relatable and real!

#pint25 #crc1644 #phenotypicplasticity

🌱 Potsdam Science Day 2025 – A Day Full of Plant Power! 🌱

Last Saturday, our CRC 1644 shared our research on phenotypic plasticity in plants with the public.

Visitors explored how plants adapt to heat and cold through interactive LEGO® activities.

#CRC1644 #PlantScience #PhenotypicPlasticity

How to submit | Phenotypic plasticity in plants This Scientific Reports Collection invites original research on plant phenotypic plasticity at the individual or population level, including potential application in agriculture, or its role in evolut...

🌿 Call for Papers! 🌿
Scientific Reports invites submissions to a new Collection on Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants

We're looking for research on how plants adapt to changing environments — including the role of genetics and epigenetics

#PhenotypicPlasticity #Epigenetics #Evolution #Ecology

The locations of Reynoutria japonica source populations used in this study and the sites of common garden experiments.

#InvasivePlant species can pose significant ecological and economic threats, but little is known about how the #PhenotypicPlasticity of growth and #Defense-relatedTraits may facilitate plant invasion. Pei-Pei Cao et al. addressed these by #ReynoutriaJaponica as a study model.
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#Phenology #LocalAdaptation #ClimateChange #Temperature #PhenotypicPlasticity #GeothermalEcosystems #Iceland

1) Huge thanks to @guccionelab.bsky.social @nickbarker @marinelab.bsky.social @ggargiul.bsky.social
@owensansom 4 the fantastic collaboration. NIH funding #EarlyStageInvestigator. Towards #BetterTherapeuticStrategies 4 #CRC patients #Oncofetal #CRC #IntratumoralHeterogeneity #PhenotypicPlasticity

Developmentally cascading structures do not lose evolutionary potential, but compound developmental instability in rat molars Increasing variability down serially segmented structures, such as mammalian molar teeth and vertebrate limb segments, is a much-replicated pattern. The same phenotypic pattern has conflicting interpr...

Preprint: Lab rat teeth took us (@rwburroughs.bsky.social & co) to unexpected places

Developmentally cascading structures do not lose evolutionary potential, but compound developmental instability.
#Evolvability & #PhenotypicPlasticity with implications for #Paleontology & #Macroevolution

#evolbiol #evolsky #evolution #reproductivebiology #geneexpression #RNA #phenotypicplasticity #sexualselection

Parental environment nitrogen and phosphorus availability affects offspring traits of eight annual plant species The rates in which nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are entering natural plant communities have reached unprecedented levels, resulting in increasingly imbalanced N:P ratios potentially aggravating bo....

New publication: Parental environment #nitrogen and #phosphorus availability affects offspring traits of eight annual #plant species, by @kjfverhoeven.bsky.social and others. #phenotypicplasticity #offspringfitness #nutrientstress
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adding a 🧪 for the science feed
#hypoxia #phenotypicPlasticity #fish

Treat yourself! Check out this paper in #AJB! #SocietyJournal #OpenAccess
#LocalAdaptation #PhenotypicPlasticity #LeafTraitVariation
#CaliforniaEndemic

New publication: Molecular Mechanisms of Temperature Tolerance Plasticity in an Arthropod, by @kjfverhoeven and others. #climatechange #evolution #phenotypicplasticity #temperaturetolerance
https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae165

New publication: Probing #variation in reaction norms in wild #populations: the importance of reliable environmental proxies. #GxE #IxE #phenotypicplasticity
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09592

Tess Renahan receives #PhDprize of the Reinhold and Maria Teufel Foundation! 🏅
Her work significantly advanced our understanding of the dynamics between different species and their impact on #phenotypicplasticity. Congratulations!
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