Article
Epigenetic Changes in Hybrids.
Plant physiology - 1 Aug 2015
Greaves Ian K, Gonzalez-Bayon Rebeca, Wang Li, Zhu Anyu, Liu Pei-Chuan, Groszmann Michael, Peacock W James, Dennis Elizabeth S
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide approaches to the study of hybrid vigor have identified epigenetic changes in the hybrid nucleus in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), maize (Zea mays), and rice (Oryza sativa). DNA methylation associated with 24-nucleotide small interfering RNAs exhibits transallelic effects in hybrids of Arabidopsis and other species. Some of the transmethylation changes are inherited and some affect gene...
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