Transgenerational inheritance or resetting of stress-induced epigenetic modifications: Two sides of the same coin

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue september, 2015, Pages

  Tricker, Penny J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Evolution; Methylation; Re setting; Stress; Transgenerational; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941006041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00699     Document Type: Article

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