Conserved noncoding sequences and de novo Mutator insertion alleles are imprinted in maize.

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Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon in which differential allele expression occurs in a parent-of-origin-dependent manner. Imprinting in plants is tightly linked to transposable elements (TEs), and it has been hypothesized that genomic imprinting may be a consequence of demethylation of TEs. Here, we performed high-throughput sequencing of ribonucleic acids from four maize (Zea mays) endosperms that...

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• Alleles
• DNA Methylation
• Endosperm
• Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
• Genomic Imprinting