Variation in DNA methylation transmissibility, genetic heterogeneity and fecundity-related traits in natural populations of the perennial herb Helleborus foetidus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1085-1095

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

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; epigenetic inheritance; Helleborus foetidus; seed size variation; seedling recruitment; within plant variation

Indexed keywords

HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; VERATRUM;

PLANT DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE; FERTILITY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POPULATION GENETICS; SEED SIZE VARIATION; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT; SPAIN; VERATRUM; WITHIN-PLANT VARIATION;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE; HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; SEED SIZE VARIATION; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT; WITHIN-PLANT VARIATION;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FERTILITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HELLEBORUS; POLLEN; SEEDS; SPAIN;

EID: 84896726919     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12679     Document Type: Article

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