The in vitro tissue cultures are, beyond all difficulties, an essential tool in basic research as
well as in commercial applications. Numerous works devoted to plant tissue cultures proved …

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

The relative ease, speed, and biological scope of clustered regularly interspaced short
palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated Protein9 (Cas9)-based reagents for …

Background Unlike animals, plants can pause their life cycle as dormant seeds. In both
plants and animals, DNA methylation is involved in the regulation of gene expression and …

Transposable elements (TEs) comprise a major portion of many plant genomes and bursts
of TE movements cause novel genomic variation within species. In order to maintain proper …

Background Cytosine methylation is crucial for gene regulation and silencing of
transposable elements in mammals and plants. While this epigenetic mark is extensively …

Epigenetic reprogramming consists of global changes in DNA methylation and histone
modifications. In mammals, epigenetic reprogramming is primarily associated with sexual …

Gene silencing is a negative feedback mechanism that regulates gene expression to define
cell fate and also regulates metabolism and gene expression throughout the life of an …

Imprinted gene expression occurs during seed development in plants and is associated with
differential DNA methylation of parental alleles, particularly at proximal transposable …

Transgenerational epigenetics is defined in opposition to developmental epigenetics and
implies an absence of resetting of epigenetic states between generations. Unlike mammals …