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A naturally occurring epiallele associates with leaf senescence and local climate adaptation in Arabidopsis accessions.
Nature communications - 31 Jan 2018
He Li, Wu Wenwu, Zinta Gaurav, Yang Lan, Wang Dong, Liu Renyi, Zhang Huiming, Zheng Zhimin, Huang Huan, Zhang Qingzhu, Zhu Jian-Kang
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic variation has been proposed to facilitate adaptation to changing environments, but evidence that natural epialleles contribute to adaptive evolution has been lacking. Here we identify a retrotransposon, named "NMR19" (naturally occurring DNA methylation variation region 19), whose methylation and genomic location vary among Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. We classify NMR19 as NMR19-4 and NMR19-16...
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