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Craig S Pikaard1, Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid2.
Abstract
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 RNAs that mediate gene silencing in most eukaryotes, including humans. Genetic screens in the model plant Arabidopsis have been particularly rewarding, identifying more than 130 epigenetic regulators thus far. The diversity of epigenetic pathways in plants is remarkable, presumably contributing to the phenotypic plasticity of plant postembryonic development and the ability to survive and reproduce in unpredictable environments.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25452385 PMCID: PMC4292151 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a019315
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol ISSN: 1943-0264 Impact factor: 10.005