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Transgenerational effects of stress exposure on offspring phenotypes in apomictic dandelion.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Verhoeven Koen J F, van Gurp Thomas P
Abstract excerpt
Heritable epigenetic modulation of gene expression is a candidate mechanism to explain parental environmental effects on offspring phenotypes, but current evidence for environment-induced epigenetic changes that persist in offspring generations is scarce. In apomictic dandelions, exposure to various stresses was previously shown to heritably alter DNA methylation patterns. In this study we explore whether these...
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