The study of epigenetics in plants has a long and rich history, from initial descriptions of non-
Mendelian gene behaviors to seminal discoveries of chromatin-modifying proteins and …

Plant epigenetics has recently gained unprecedented interest, not only as a subject of basic
research but also as a possible new source of beneficial traits for plant breeding. We discuss …

Epigenetics is receiving growing attention in the plant science community. Epigenetic
modifications are thought to play a particularly important role in fluctuating environments. It is …

Highlights•Polyploidy is a common evolutionary feature in all eukaryotes especially in
plants.•Ploidy and intergenomic hybridization induce genetic and epigenetic changes.•DNA …

Epigenetic mechanisms by which cells inherit information are, to a large extent, enabled by
DNA methylation and posttranslational modifications of histone proteins. These …

The significance of priming in enhancing abiotic stress tolerance is well‐established in
several important crops. Priming positively impacts plant growth and improves stress …

Epigenetic modifications play a vital role in the preservation of genome integrity and in the
regulation of gene expression. DNA methylation, one of the key mechanisms of epigenetic …

Whole genome duplication leads to autopolyploidy and brings about an increase in cell size,
concentration of secondary metabolites and enhanced cytosine methylation. The increased …

Polyploidy, the condition of possessing more than 2 complete chromosome sets in the same
nucleus, is frequent in nature and has implications for a species' prospects for evolution …

Histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) is abundant in euchromatin and is in general
associated with transcriptional activation in eukaryotes. Although some Arabidopsis thaliana …