Centromeres are genomic regions that coordinate accurate chromosomal segregation
during mitosis and meiosis. Yet, despite their essential function, centromeres evolve rapidly …

Epigenetic patterns including DNA methylation are known to vary between distantly related
species, but it is not clear how these patterns differ at an intraspecific level. The sweetpotato …

DNA methylation in plants occurs in CG, CHG, and CHH sites. While depletion of CG
methylation in transposons is associated with ample transcriptional activation, it was mainly …

Since their origin, eukaryotes have evolved in a myriad of lineages. Based on the
combination of ultrastructural and molecular data, it has been proposed that the diversity of …

Abstract [eng] 5-methylcytosine (5mC) is a DNA modification, important for eukaryotic gene
regulation. TET proteins produce oxidized forms of 5mC (oxi-mCs)–5-hydroxymethylcytosine …

Microsporidia are obligate intracellular pathogens classified as category B priority
pathogens by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of …

A growing body of evidence suggests that RNA interference (RNAi) plays a pivotal role in
the communication between plants and pathogenic fungi, where a bi-directional cross …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism that regulates gene expression and
chromosomal organisation. Despite being a conserved phenomena across eukaryotes, the …

Epigenetics mean that mechanisms showing their effects through gene expression without
changes in the DNA sequence. Though the inheritance of epigenetics mechanisms is not …