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SUBMITTER: Shafiq S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6801570 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of molecular sciences 20190920 19
Being a staple food, wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i>) nutritionally fulfills all requirements of human health and also serves as a significant link in the food chain for the ingestion of pollutants by humans and animals. Therefore, the presence of the heavy metals such as lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) in soil is not only responsible for the reduction of wheat crop yield but also the potential threat for human and animal health. However, the link between DNA methylation and heavy metal stress tolera ...[more]