Natural epigenetic variation in plant species: A view from the field

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-209

  Richards, Eric J ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; PLANTS;

EID: 79955122393     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2011.03.009     Document Type: Review

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