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Genome-wide epigenetic perturbation jump-starts patterns of heritable variation found in nature.
Genetics - 1 Aug 2011
Roux Fabrice, Colomé-Tatché Maria, Edelist Cécile, Wardenaar René, Guerche Philippe, Hospital Frédéric, Colot Vincent, Jansen Ritsert C, Johannes Frank
Abstract excerpt
We extensively phenotyped 6000 Arabidopsis plants with experimentally perturbed DNA methylomes as well as a diverse panel of natural accessions in a common garden. We found that alterations in DNA methylation not only caused heritable phenotypic diversity but also produced heritability patterns closely resembling those of the natural accessions. Our findings indicate that epigenetically induced and naturally...
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