Widespread natural variation of DNA methylation within angiosperms

Genome Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Niederhuth, Chad E ^a   Bewick, Adam J ^a   Ji, Lexiang ^b   Alabady, Magdy S ^b   Kim, Kyung Do ^b   Li, Qing ^c   Rohr, Nicholas A ^a   Rambani, Aditi ^d   Burke, John M ^b   Udall, Joshua A ^c   Egesi, Chiedozie ^e   Schmutz, Jeremy ^f,g   Grimwood, Jane ^f   Jackson, Scott A ^b   Springer, Nathan M ^d   Schmitz, Robert J ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e National Root Crops Research Institute Umudike   (Nigeria)

^f HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA METHYLOME; GENE BODY; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; POACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 84992127763     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1059-0     Document Type: Article

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