Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon leading to parentally biased gene
expression. Throughout the years, extensive efforts have been made to characterize the …

Chemical modification of nucleotide bases in DNA provides one mechanism for conveying
information in addition to the genetic code. 5-methylcytosine (5mC) represents the most …

Seeds are a key life cycle stage for many plants. Seeds are also the basis of agriculture and
the primary source of calories consumed by humans. Here, we employ single-nucleus RNA …

Sophisticated gene-regulatory mechanisms probably evolved in prokaryotes billions of
years before the emergence of modern eukaryotes, which inherited the same basic …

Cold is a major stressor, which limits plant growth and development in many parts of the
world, especially in the temperate climate zones. A large number of experimental studies …

Active DNA demethylation is required for sexual reproduction in plants but the molecular
determinants underlying this epigenetic control are not known. Here, we show in …

Over the last 10 yr there have been major advances in documenting and understanding
dynamic changes to DNA methylation, small RNA s, chromatin modifications and chromatin …

There is renewed interest in whether environmentally induced changes in phenotypes can
be heritable. In plants, heritable trait variation can occur without DNA sequence mutations …

Cytosine DNA methylation is prevalent throughout eukaryotes and prokaryotes. While most
commonly thought of as being localized to dinucleotide CpG sites, non-CG sites can also be …

Higher-order chromatin structure undergoes striking changes in response to various
developmental and environmental signals, causing distinct cell types to adopt specific …