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Widespread imprinting of transposable elements and variable genes in the maize endosperm.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2021
Anderson Sarah N, Zhou Peng, Higgins Kaitlin, Brandvain Yaniv, Springer Nathan M
Abstract excerpt
Fertilization and seed development is a critical time in the plant life cycle, and coordinated development of the embryo and endosperm are required to produce a viable seed. In the endosperm, some genes show imprinted expression where transcripts are derived primarily from one parental genome. Imprinted gene expression has been observed across many flowering plant species, though only a small proportion of genes...
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