Principles of seed banks and the emergence of complexity from dormancy
| Autor: | Maite Wilke-Berenguer, Jochen Blath, Jay T. Lennon, Frank den Hollander |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Science General Physics and Astronomy Tree of life Review Article Environment Theoretical ecology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Gene Expression Regulation Plant Humans Cancer biology Ecosystem Evolutionary theory Cognitive science Multidisciplinary Temperature food and beverages Biodiversity General Chemistry Plant Dormancy Applied mathematics Seed Bank Seedlings Seeds Dormancy Metabolic activity |
| Zdroj: | Nature Communications Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-021-24733-1 |
| Popis: | Across the tree of life, populations have evolved the capacity to contend with suboptimal conditions by engaging in dormancy, whereby individuals enter a reversible state of reduced metabolic activity. The resulting seed banks are complex, storing information and imparting memory that gives rise to multi-scale structures and networks spanning collections of cells to entire ecosystems. We outline the fundamental attributes and emergent phenomena associated with dormancy and seed banks, with the vision for a unifying and mathematically based framework that can address problems in the life sciences, ranging from global change to cancer biology. Seed banks are generated when individuals enter a dormant state, a phenomenon that has evolved among diverse taxa, but that is also found in stem cells, brains, and tumors. Here, Lennon et al. synthesize the fundamentals of seed-bank theory and the emergence of complex patterns and dynamics in mathematics and the life sciences. |
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