Evolution of DNA Methylation Patterns in the Brassicaceae is Driven by Differences in Genome Organization

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Seymour, Danelle K ^a   Koenig, Daniel ^a   Hagmann, Jörg ^a   Becker, Claude ^a   Weigel, Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS LYRATA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; CAPSELLA RUBELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHOOT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

BRASSICACEAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICACEAE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT;

EID: 84912120604     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004785     Document Type: Article

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