Genome evolution in polyploids

JF Wendel - Plant molecular evolution, 2000 - Springer
Polyploidy is a prominent process in plants and has been significant in the evolutionary
history of vertebrates and other eukaryotes. In plants, interdisciplinary approaches …

Epigenetic aspects of somaclonal variation in plants

SM Kaeppler, HF Kaeppler, Y Rhee - Plant gene silencing, 2000 - Springer
Somaclonal variation is manifested as cytological abnormalities, frequent qualitative and
quantitative phenotypic mutation, sequence change, and gene activation and silencing …

[图书][B] Organism and environment: ecological development, niche construction, and adaptation

SE Sultan - 2015 - books.google.com
Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary
ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic codes for heterochromatin formation and silencing: rounding up the usual suspects

EJ Richards, SCR Elgin - Cell, 2002 - cell.com
Recent results from diverse organisms point to a self-reinforcing network of interactions
among the three best-characterized covalent modifications that mark heterochromatin …

Epigenetic variation in mangrove plants occurring in contrasting natural environment

CF Lira-Medeiros, C Parisod, RA Fernandes, CS Mata… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Epigenetic modifications, such as cytosine methylation, are inherited in plant
species and may occur in response to biotic or abiotic stress, affecting gene expression …

Maintenance of genomic methylation requires a SWI2/SNF2-like protein

JA Jeddeloh, TL Stokes, EJ Richards - Nature genetics, 1999 - nature.com
Altering cytosine methylation by genetic means leads to a variety of developmental defects
in mice 1, plants 2, 3, 4, 5 and fungi 6, 7. Deregulation of cytosine methylation also has a …

The transition to flowering

YY Levy, C Dean - The Plant Cell, 1998 - academic.oup.com
The general body plan of plants is established during embryogenesis, when the
undifferentiated meristematic regions of root and shoot are set aside. However, much of …

Epigenetic and developmental regulation in plant polyploids

Q Song, ZJ Chen - Current opinion in plant biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Polyploidy is a common evolutionary feature in all eukaryotes especially in
plants.•Ploidy and intergenomic hybridization induce genetic and epigenetic changes.•DNA …

Position effects and epigenetic silencing of plant transgenes

AJM Matzke, MA Matzke - Current opinion in plant biology, 1998 - Elsevier
Nuclear processes that silence plant transgenes are being revealed by analyses of natural
triggers of epigenetic modifications, particularly cytosine methylation, and by comparisons of …

Eukaryotic DNA methylation as an evolutionary device

V Colot, JL Rossignol - Bioessays, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation is catalyzed by a family of conserved DNA methyltransferases and is
widespread among protists, plants, fungi and animals. It is however absent in some species …