Gene expression and parental dominance in hybrid plants.

Abstract excerpt

Genomic imprinting, where the genes from one parent have different expression properties to those of the other parent, occurs in plants. It has potentially significant consequences because of the importance of hybrids in plant evolution and plant breeding, and provides a mechanism that can hide genetic variation for many generations. The study of nuclear organization shows that chromosome and genome position...

Topics

• Chromosomes
• Gene Expression
• Genes, Dominant
• Hybridization, Genetic
• Methylation
• Molecular Probe Techniques
• Phenotype
• Plants