Plants have short‐term stress memory that enables them to maintain the expression state of
a substantial subset of heat‐inducible genes during stress recovery after heat stress. Little is …

In response to abiotic stresses, plants mount comprehensive stress-specific responses
which mediate signal transduction cascades, transcription of relevant responsive genes and …

DNA provides the fundamental framework for heritability, yet heritable trait variation need not
be completely 'hard-wired'into the DNA sequence. In plants, the epigenetic machinery that …

Sessile plants possess an assembly of signaling pathways that perceive and transmit
environmental signals, ultimately resulting in transcriptional reprogramming. Histone is a key …

Active DNA demethylation is required for sexual reproduction in plants but the molecular
determinants underlying this epigenetic control are not known. Here, we show in …

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) provide a powerful
model system to uncover fundamental mechanisms that control cellular identity during …

It is a familiar biological observation that the traits of an organism will vary to some extent
depending on environmental conditions. This individual flexibility is termed 'phenotypic …

The role of DNA methylation and its interaction with gene expression and transcriptome
plasticity is poorly understood, and current insight comes mainly from studies in very few …

Environmental stress is one of the most important factors affecting plant growth and
development. Recent studies have shown that epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA …

Heterosis refers to the superior performance of hybrid lines over inbred parental lines.
Besides genetic variation, epigenetic differences between parental lines are suggested to …