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Transgenerational inheritance of modified DNA methylation patterns and enhanced tolerance induced by heavy metal stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Ou Xiufang, Zhang Yunhong, Xu Chunming, Lin Xiuyun, Zang Qi, Zhuang Tingting, Jiang Lili, von Wettstein Diter, Liu Bao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: DNA methylation is sensitive and responsive to stressful environmental conditions. Nonetheless, the extent to which condition-induced somatic methylation modifications can impose transgenerational effects remains to be fully understood. Even less is known about the biological relevance of the induced epigenetic changes for potentially altered well-being of the organismal progenies regarding adaptation...
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