Background Unlike animals, plants can pause their life cycle as dormant seeds. In both
plants and animals, DNA methylation is involved in the regulation of gene expression and …

Background Cytosine methylation is crucial for gene regulation and silencing of
transposable elements in mammals and plants. While this epigenetic mark is extensively …

Seed development is programmed by expression of many genes in plants. Seed maturation
is an important developmental process to soybean seed quality and yield. DNA methylation …

DNA methylation plays important roles in many biological processes, such as silencing of
transposable elements, imprinting, and regulating gene expression. Many studies of DNA …

Recent research has demonstrated that DNA methylation plays an integral role in regulating
the timing of flowering and in endosperm development. The identification of key genes …

DNA methylation maintains genome stability and regulates gene expression [1]. In
mammals, DNA methylation is reprogrammed in the germline from one generation to the …

Little is known about patterns of genic DNA methylation across the plant kingdom or about
the evolutionary processes that shape them. To characterize gene-body methylation (gbM) …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification required for transposable element (TE)
silencing, genome stability, and genomic imprinting. Although DNA methylation has been …

Seed development is an important process of reproductive development and consists of
embryo and endosperm development; both comprise several key processes. To determine …

Background DNA methylation is an important feature of plant epigenomes, involved in the
formation of heterochromatin and affecting gene expression. Extensive variation of DNA …