Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) is a symbol of the tropics and a source of numerous edible
and nonedible products of economic value. Despite its nutritional and industrial significance …

Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon established in the gametes prior to
fertilization that causes differential expression of parental alleles, mainly in the endosperm of …

DNA methylation is a chromatin modification that can provide epigenetic regulation of gene
and transposon expression. Plants utilize several pathways to establish and maintain DNA …

The polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is an evolutionarily conserved multimeric
protein complex in both plants and animals. In contrast to animals, plants have evolved a …

Key message Epigenetic regulation has been implicated in the control of multiple agronomic
traits in maize. Here, we review current advances in our understanding of epigenetic …

In higher plants, the seed precursor (ovule primordia) is composed of three parts: funiculus,
nucellus and chalaza, generating the latter one (II) or two (OI and II) protective maternal …

The importance of regulatory incompatibilities to the early stages of speciation remains
unclear. Hybrid mammals often show extreme parent-of-origin growth effects that are …

Plants have the remarkable ability to establish new cell fates throughout their life cycle, in
contrast to most animals that define all cell lineages during embryogenesis. This ability is …

Highlights•Zygotic genome activation and imprinting regulate allele-dependent gene
expression in embryos.•Zygotic genome activation affects thousands of genes, while …

DNA methylation has a crucial role in plant development regulating gene expression and
silencing of transposable elements. Maintenance DNA methylation in plants occurs at …