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Structural features and methylation patterns associated with paramutation at the r1 locus of Zea mays.
Genetics - 1 Nov 2001
Walker E L, Panavas T
Abstract excerpt
In paramutation, two alleles of a gene interact and, during the interaction, one of them becomes epigenetically silenced. The various paramutation systems that have been studied to date exhibit intriguing differences in the physical complexity of the loci involved. B and Pl alleles that participate in paramutation are simple, single genes, while the R haplotypes that participate in paramutation contain multiple...
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