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Heritable epigenetic variation among maize inbreds.
PLoS genetics - 1 Nov 2011
Eichten Steve R, Swanson-Wagner Ruth A, Schnable James C, Waters Amanda J, Hermanson Peter J, Liu Sanzhen, Yeh Cheng-Ting, Jia Yi, Gendler Karla, Freeling Michael, Schnable Patrick S, Vaughn Matthew W, Springer Nathan M
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic variation describes heritable differences that are not attributable to changes in DNA sequence. There is the potential for pure epigenetic variation that occurs in the absence of any genetic change or for more complex situations that involve both genetic and epigenetic differences. Methylation of cytosine residues provides one mechanism for the inheritance of epigenetic information. A genome-wide...
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