Epialleles in plant evolution

Heritable phenotypic differences caused by epigenetic modifications, rather than DNA sequence mutations, pose a challenge to our understanding of natural variation. Here, we review what is known about plant epialleles and the role of epigenetics in evolution.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Weigel, Detlef, Colot, Vincent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23058244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2012-13-10-249
Descripción
Sumario:Heritable phenotypic differences caused by epigenetic modifications, rather than DNA sequence mutations, pose a challenge to our understanding of natural variation. Here, we review what is known about plant epialleles and the role of epigenetics in evolution.

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