Principles of seed banks and the emergence of complexity from dormancy

Jay T. Lennon (), Frank den Hollander, Maite Wilke-Berenguer and Jochen Blath
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Jay T. Lennon: Indiana University, Department of Biology
Frank den Hollander: Universiteit Leiden, Mathematical Institute
Maite Wilke-Berenguer: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Mathematics
Jochen Blath: Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Mathematics

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24733-1

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