Increasing evidence indicates that non-DNA sequence-based epigenetic information can be
inherited across several generations in organisms ranging from yeast to plants to humans …

Our understanding of the detailed molecular mechanisms underpinning adaptation is still
poor. One example for which mechanistic understanding of regulation has converged with …

De novo gene birth is the process by which new genes evolve from DNA sequences that
were ancestrally non-genic. De novo genes represent a subset of novel genes, and may be …

Background DNA methylation is an important feature of plant epigenomes, involved in the
formation of heterochromatin and affecting gene expression. Extensive variation of DNA …

Simple Summary Research on plant epigenetics aims to understand how endogenous,
biotic, and abiotic factors regulate plant development and growth independent of changes in …

Transposable elements (TEs) are powerful motors of genome evolution yet a
comprehensive assessment of recent transposition activity at the species level is lacking for …

Several new plant breeding techniques (NPBT s) have been developed during the last
decade, and make it possible to precisely perform genome modifications in plants. The …

In higher eukaryotes, heterochromatin is mainly composed of transposable elements (TEs)
silenced by epigenetic mechanisms. But, the silencing of certain heterochromatin …

Plant DNA methylation is its own language, interpreted by the cell to maintain silencing of
transposons, facilitate chromatin structure, and to ensure proper expression of some genes …

Cytosine DNA methylation is one avenue for passing information through cell divisions.
Here, we present epigenomic analyses of soybean recombinant inbred lines (RILs) and their …