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MutS HOMOLOG1-derived epigenetic breeding potential in tomato.
Plant physiology - 1 May 2015
Yang Xiaodong, Kundariya Hardik, Xu Ying-Zhi, Sandhu Ajay, Yu Jiantao, Hutton Samuel F, Zhang Mingfang, Mackenzie Sally A
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Evidence is compelling in support of a naturally occurring epigenetic influence on phenotype expression in land plants, although discerning the epigenetic contribution is difficult. Agriculturally important attributes like heterosis, inbreeding depression, phenotypic plasticity, and environmental stress response are thought to have significant epigenetic components, but unequivocal demonstration of this is often...
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