Epigenetic Differentiation Persists after Male Gametogenesis in Natural Populations of the Perennial Herb Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Herrera, Carlos M ^a   Medrano, Mónica ^a   Bazaga, Pilar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; MALE GAMETOPHYTE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GAMETOGENESIS; PLANT GENETICS; SPOROPHYTE; VERATRUM;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC LOCI; HELLEBORUS; POLLEN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84880836827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070730     Document Type: Article

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