Highlights•Epigenetics was envisaged as a discipline to inform evolutionary
theory.•Methylation of transposable elements (TEs) affects gene expression.•Methylation …

A relatively high degree of nuclear DNA (nDNA) methylation is a specific feature of plant
genomes. Targets for cytosine DNA methylation in plant genomes are CG, CHG and CHH (H …

It is an exciting time to study plant epigenetics. Technological advances are providing
unprecedented opportunities to monitor chromatin modifications, gene expression, and …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that can affect gene expression and
transposable element (TE) activities. Because cytosine DNA methylation patterns are …

We used amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) to analyze the stability of DNA
methylation throughout Arabidopsis development. AFLP can detect genome-wide changes …

DNA methylation in plants targets cytosines in three sequence contexts, CG, CHG and CHH
(H representing A, C or T). Each of these patterns has traditionally been associated with …

Methylation of cytosines is a very important epigenetic modification of genomic DNA in many
different eukaryotes, and it is frequently involved in transcriptional regulation of genes. In …

Many plant, animal, and fungal genomes contain cytosine DNA methylation in asymmetric
sequence contexts (CpHpH, H= A, T, C). Although the enzymes responsible for this …

The development of genetic tools to alter DNA methylation has led to a deeper
understanding of the importance of DNA modification in the life strategies of different …

▪ Abstract Methylation of cytosine residues in DNA provides a mechanism of gene control.
There are two classes of methyltransferase in Arabidopsis; one has a carboxy-terminal …