Epigenetic and Genetic Influences on DNA Methylation Variation in Maize Populations

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2783-2797

  Eichten, Steven R ^a   Briskine, Roman ^b   Song, Jawon ^c   Li, Qing ^a   Swanson Wagner, Ruth ^a   Hermanson, Peter J ^a   Waters, Amanda J ^a   Starr, Evan ^a   West, Patrick T ^a   Tiffin, Peter ^a   Myers, Chad L ^b   Vaughn, Matthew W ^c   Springer, Nathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; INHERITANCE; MAIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MODELS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84884697475     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.114793     Document Type: Article

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