DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic modification that is important for gene regulation
and genome stability. Aberrant patterns of DNA methylation can lead to plant developmental …

Epigenetic modifications in DNA bases and histone proteins play important roles in the
regulation of gene expression and genome stability. Chemical modification of DNA base …

Tea is an important global beverage crop and is largely clonally propagated. Despite
previous studies on the species, its genetic and evolutionary history deserves further …

Maize is an important crop with a high level of genome diversity and heterosis. The genome
sequence of a typical female line, B73, was previously released. Here, we report a de novo …

The persistent triploid endosperms of cereal crops are the most important source of human
food and animal feed. The development of cereal endosperms progresses through …

Plant breeding has traditionally relied on combining the genetic diversity present within a
species to develop combinations of alleles that provide desired traits. Epigenetic diversity …

Maize (Zea mays) is an excellent cereal model for research on seed development because
of its relatively large size for both embryo and endosperm. Despite the importance of seed in …

Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon leading to parentally biased gene
expression. Throughout the years, extensive efforts have been made to characterize the …

Transposable elements (TEs) comprise a major portion of many plant genomes and bursts
of TE movements cause novel genomic variation within species. In order to maintain proper …

Seed dormancy—the absence of seed germination under favorable germination conditions—
is a plant trait that evolved to enhance seedling survival by avoiding germination under …