DNA methylation: A dynamic regulator of genome organization and gene expression in plants

Plant Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 295-323

  Finnegan, E J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04670-4_16     Document Type: Chapter

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