Gamma radiation and multigenerational plant adaptation

This reasoning chain integrates evidence that gamma radiation can trigger physiological, molecular, and heritable epigenetic changes enabling enhanced stress tolerance and adaptation across generations in plants, as supported by protein, methylation, and cross-stress studies in Chernobyl, Arabidopsis, and dandelion. The chain connects the induction of stress adaptation (e.g., salt tolerance or insect resistance) to observed differential methylation patterns and proteomic shifts, and highlights transgenerational priming as a constraint.

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