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Epigenetic Flexibility Underlies Somaclonal Sex Conversions in Hexaploid Persimmon.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Feb 2020
Masuda Kanae, Akagi Takashi, Esumi Tomoya, Tao Ryutaro
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic regulation adds a flexible layer to genetic variations, potentially enabling long-term, but reversible, changes to a trait, while maintaining genetic information. In the hexaploid Oriental persimmon (Diospyros kaki), genetically monoecious cultivars bearing male flowers require the Y-encoded small RNA (smRNA) gene, OGI. This gene represses the expression of its autosomal counterpart gene, MeGI, as part...
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