Asymmetric epigenetic modification and elimination of rDNA sequences by polyploidization in wheat

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4311-4327

  Guo, Xiang ^a,b   Han, Fangpu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

HISTONE; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

CHROMOSOME NOR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; WHEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, PLANT; HISTONES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; POLYPLOIDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRITICUM;

EID: 84919819893     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.129841     Document Type: Article

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