Trans Chromosomal Methylation in Arabidopsis hybrids
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ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Jennifer Taylor
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-35542 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Trans chromosomal methylation in Arabidopsis hybrids.
Greaves Ian K IK Groszmann Michael M Ying Hua H Taylor Jennifer M JM Peacock W James WJ Dennis Elizabeth S ES
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20120213 9
The heterotic hybrid offspring of Arabidopsis accessions C24 and Landsberg erecta have altered methylomes. Changes occur most frequently at loci where parental methylation levels are different. There are context-specific biases in the nonadditive methylation patterns with (m)CG generally increased and (m)CHH decreased relative to the parents. These changes are a result of two main mechanisms, Trans Chromosomal Methylation and Trans Chromosomal deMethylation, where the methylation level of one pa ...[more]
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