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 …

Cytosine methylation of repetitive sequences is widespread in plant genomes, occurring in
both symmetric (CpG and CpNpG) as well as asymmetric sequence contexts. We used 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) …

The extent to which epigenetic variation affects complex traits in natural populations is not
known. We addressed this question using transcriptome and DNA methylation data from a …

Heterosis is a fundamental biological phenomenon characterized by the superior
performance of a hybrid over its parents in many traits, but the underlying molecular basis …

Highlights•Epigenetic variation in plants is frequently linked to genetic variation.•Single large
effect mutations perturb the epigenetic landscape in trans.•DNA methylation regulates …

DNA methylation can play important roles in the regulation of transposable elements and
genes. A collection of mutant alleles for 11 maize (Zea mays) genes predicted to play roles …

Cytosine methylation is an important base modification that is inherited across mitotic and
meiotic cell divisions in plant genomes. Heritable methylation variants can contribute to …

DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic mark in plants and many animals. How parental
alleles interact in progeny to influence the epigenome is poorly understood. We analyzed …

DNA methylation is a common feature of eukaryotic genomes and is especially common in
noncoding regions of plants. Protein coding regions of plants are often methylated also, but …