[HTML][HTML] Global methylation patterns and their relationship with gene expression and small RNA in rice lines with different ploidy

HY Zhang, HX Zhao, SH Wu, F Huang, KT Wu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Whole genome duplication (WGD) is a major force in angiosperm evolution. Whether WGD
is accompanied by the evolution of epigenetic regulators remains to be explored. Here we …

A comparative epigenomic analysis of polyploidy-derived genes in soybean and common bean

KD Kim, M El Baidouri, B Abernathy… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Soybean (Glycine max) and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) share a paleopolyploidy
(whole-genome duplication [WGD]) event, approximately 56.5 million years ago, followed by …

[HTML][HTML] Gene-body CG methylation and divergent expression of duplicate genes in rice

X Wang, Z Zhang, T Fu, L Hu, C Xu, L Gong… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Gene and genome duplication fosters genetic novelty, but redundant gene copies would
undergo mutational decay unless preserved via selective or neutral forces. Molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of the epigenetic mark H3K27me3 to functional divergence after whole genome duplication in Arabidopsis

L Berke, GF Sanchez-Perez, B Snel - Genome Biology, 2012 - Springer
Background Following gene duplication, retained paralogs undergo functional divergence,
which is reflected in changes in DNA sequence and expression patterns. The extent of …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling by modified reduced representation bisulfite sequencing in Brassica rapa suggests that epigenetic modifications …

X Chen, X Ge, J Wang, C Tan, GJ King… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Brassica rapa includes some of the most important vegetables worldwide as well as oilseed
crops. The complete annotated genome sequence confirmed its paleohexaploid origins and …

[HTML][HTML] Crop epigenomics: identifying, unlocking, and harnessing cryptic variation in crop genomes

L Ji, DA Neumann, RJ Schmitz - Molecular plant, 2015 - cell.com
DNA methylation is a key chromatin modification in plant genomes that is meiotically and
mitotically heritable, and at times is associated with gene expression and morphological …

Evolutionary patterns of genic DNA methylation vary across land plants

S Takuno, JH Ran, BS Gaut - Nature plants, 2016 - nature.com
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) …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation in Arabidopsis has a genetic basis and shows evidence of local adaptation

MJ Dubin, P Zhang, D Meng, MS Remigereau… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Epigenome modulation potentially provides a mechanism for organisms to adapt, within and
between generations. However, neither the extent to which this occurs, nor the mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Plant epigenomics—deciphering the mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance and plasticity in plants

C Köhler, N Springer - Genome Biology, 2017 - Springer
It is an exciting time to study plant epigenetics. Technological advances are providing
unprecedented opportunities to monitor chromatin modifications, gene expression, and …

Accessing epigenetic variation in the plant methylome

KD Kim, M El Baidouri… - Briefings in Functional …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Cytosine DNA methylation is the addition of a methyl group to the 5′ position of a cytosine,
which plays a crucial role in plant development and gene silencing. Genome-wide profiling …