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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Can Forest Trees Cope with Climate Change?-Effects of DNA Methylation on Gene Expression and Adaptation to Environmental Change.

Ewelina A Klupczyńska, Ewelina Ratajczak

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Epigenetic responses of trees to environmental stress in the context of climate change.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025
    Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Frontiers in plant science · 2023
    Article
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ewelina A KlupczyńskaInstitute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, 62-035 Kórnik, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5931-6569
Ewelina RatajczakInstitute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, 62-035 Kórnik, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2710-4638
Institute of Dendrology · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic modifications, including chromatin modifications and DNA methylation, play key roles in regulating gene expression in both plants and animals. Transmission of epigenetic markers is important for some genes to maintain specific expression patterns and preserve the status quo of the cell. This article provides a review of existing research and the current state of knowledge about DNA methylation in trees in the context of global climate change, along with references to the potential of epigenome editing tools and the possibility of their use for forest tree research. Epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, are involved in evolutionary processes, developmental processes, and environmental interactions. Thus, the implications of epigenetics are important for adaptation and phenotypic plasticity because they provide the potential for tree conservation in forest ecosystems exposed to adverse conditions resulting from global warming and regional climate fluctuations.

Indexed as

AcclimatizationAnimalsClimate ChangeDNA MethylationEcosystemForestsGene ExpressionHumansTreesclimate changeDNA methylationediting epigenomeepigeneticsforest treesplantsreprogramming genes

Identifiers

PMID34948318
PMCPMC8703565
OpenAlexW4200269360

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Registered trials

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