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Temporal and spatial expression of genes involved in DNA methylation during reproductive development of sexual and apomictic Eragrostis curvula.
Scientific reports - 8 Nov 2017
Selva J P, Siena L, Rodrigo J M, Garbus I, Zappacosta D, Romero J R, Ortiz J P A, Pessino S C, Leblanc O, Echenique V
Abstract excerpt
Recent reports in model plant species have highlighted a role for DNA methylation pathways in the regulation of the somatic-to-reproductive transition in the ovule, suggesting that apomixis (asexual reproduction through seeds) likely relies on RdDM downregulation. Our aim was therefore to explore this hypothesis by characterizing genes involved in DNA methylation in the apomictic grass Eragrostis curvula. We...
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