Background DNA methylation plays important biological roles in plants and animals. To
examine the rice genomic methylation landscape and assess its functional significance, we …

We present high-resolution maps of DNA methylation and H3K4 di-and trimethylation of two
entire chromosomes and two fully sequenced centromeres in rice (Oryza sativa) shoots and …

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

Hundreds of plant species have been domesticated to feed human civilization, while some
crops have undergone de-domestication into agricultural weeds, threatening global food …

DNA methylation is a heritable epigenetic mark that controls gene expression, is responsive
to environmental stresses, and, in plants, may also play a role in heterosis. To determine the …

Abstract Background and Aims Epigenetics is defined as mechanisms that regulate gene
expression without base sequence alteration. One molecular basis is considered to be DNA …

We conducted genome‐wide mapping of cytosine methylation using methylcytosine
immunoprecipitation combined with Illumina sequencing. The chromosomal distribution …

Plant DNA methylation that occurs at CG, CHG, and CHH sites (H= A, C, or T) is a hallmark
of the repression of repetitive sequences and transposable elements (TE s). The rice (Oryza …

DNA methylation, one of the most important epigenetic phenomena, plays a vital role in
tuning gene expression during plant development as well as in response to environmental …

Cytosine methylation is important for transposon silencing and epigenetic regulation of
endogenous genes, although the extent to which this DNA modification functions to regulate …