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Hypomethylated pollen bypasses the interploidy hybridization barrier in Arabidopsis.
The Plant cell - 1 Sept 2014
Schatlowski Nicole, Wolff Philip, Santos-González Juan, Schoft Vera, Siretskiy Alexey, Scott Rod, Tamaru Hisashi, Köhler Claudia
Abstract excerpt
Plants of different ploidy levels are separated by a strong postzygotic hybridization barrier that is established in the endosperm. Deregulated parent-of-origin specific genes cause the response to interploidy hybridizations, revealing an epigenetic basis of this phenomenon. In this study, we present evidence that paternal hypomethylation can bypass the interploidy hybridization barrier by alleviating the...
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