Bimodal signatures of germline methylation are linked with gene expression plasticity in the coral Acropora millepora

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dixon, Groves B ^a   Bay, Line K ^b,c   Matz, Mikhail V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora millepora; Coral; DNA methylation; Flexibility; Gene body methylation; Gene expression; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOME; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENOME; GERM CELLS; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84925634232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1109     Document Type: Article

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