Our understanding of the detailed molecular mechanisms underpinning adaptation is still
poor. One example for which mechanistic understanding of regulation has converged with …

Epigenetic variations are involved in the control of plant developmental processes and
participate in shaping phenotypic plasticity to the environment. Intense breeding has eroded …

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been proposed to play important roles in gene
regulation. However, their importance in epigenetic silencing and how specificity is …

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) affect gene regulation through structural and regulatory
interactions with associated proteins. The Polycomb complex often binds to lncRNAs in …

Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile parasitic sequences that have been repeatedly
coopted during evolution to generate new functions and rewire gene regulatory networks …

Roles for long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in gene expression are emerging, but regulation
of the lncRNA itself is poorly understood. We have identified a homeodomain protein …

In this article, we review environmentally mediated epigenetic regulation in plants using two
case histories. One of these, vernalization, mediates adaptation of plants to different …

Chromatin plays a central role in orchestrating gene regulation at the transcriptional level.
However, our understanding of how chromatin states are altered in response to …

Methylation of histones on different lysine residues is dynamically added by distinct writer
enzymes, interpreted by reader proteins, and removed by eraser enzymes. This epigenetic …

Growth and development are modulated by environmental signals in many organisms.
These signals are often perceived at one stage and 'remembered'until later in development …