Recent population genomic studies in plants have shed new light on natural epigenetic
variation by identifying key genetic determinants,“trans modifiers,” that influence epigenetic …

Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) is a winter annual weed species that is distributed globally
in temperate regions. The possibility of pennycress inclusion in the corn–soybean cropping …

Due to the accelerating climate change, it is crucial to understand how plants adapt to rapid
environmental changes. Such adaptation may be mediated by epigenetic mechanisms like …

Background In plants, epigenetic stress memory has so far been found to be largely
transient. Here, we wanted to assess the heritability of heat stress-induced epigenetic and …

DNA methylation in plant genomes occurs in different sequences and genomic contexts that
have very different properties. DNA methylation that occurs in CG (mCG) sequence context …

The expanding scope and scale of next generation sequencing experiments in ecological
plant epigenetics brings new challenges for computational analysis. Existing tools built for …

Heterochromatin is critical for maintaining genome stability, especially in flowering plants,
where it relies on a feedback loop involving the H3K9 methyltransferase, KRYPTONITE …

Genome size variation, largely driven by repeat content, is poorly understood within and
among populations, limiting our understanding of its significance for adaptation. Here we …

Genome evolution is partly driven by the mobility of transposable elements (TEs) which often
leads to deleterious effects, but their activity can also facilitate genetic novelty and catalyze …

DNA cytosine methylation is an epigenetic mechanism involved in regulation of plant
responses to biotic and abiotic stress and its ability to change can vary with the sequence …