Simple Summary Research on plant epigenetics aims to understand how endogenous,
biotic, and abiotic factors regulate plant development and growth independent of changes in …

Although heterosis, or hybrid vigor, is widely exploited in agriculture, a complete description
of its molecular underpinnings has remained elusive despite extensive investigation. It …

2012 still-prevalent view that every bit of an organism's DNA has a specific function crafted
by selection. Thus, both papers promoted Dawkins' concept of “selfish DNA”—the notion that …

Epigenetic variation is likely to contribute to the phenotypic plasticity and adaptative capacity
of plant species, and may be especially important for long‐lived organisms with complex life …

The heterotic hybrid offspring of Arabidopsis accessions C24 and Landsberg erecta have
altered methylomes. Changes occur most frequently at loci where parental methylation …

Hybrid vigour, or heterosis, refers to the increased yield and biomass of hybrid offspring
relative to the parents. Although this has been exploited in plants for agriculture and …

Heterosis or hybrid vigor is a phenomenon where hybrid progeny have superior
performance compared to their parental inbred lines. This is important in the use of F 1 …

SUMMARY F1 hybrids derived from a cross between two inbred parental lines often display
widespread changes in DNA methylation patterns relative to their parents. To which extent …

Genome-wide approaches to the study of hybrid vigor have identified epigenetic changes in
the hybrid nucleus in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), maize (Zea mays), and rice (Oryza …

Heterosis is important for agriculture; however, little is known about the mechanisms driving
hybrid vigor. Ultimately, heterosis depends on the interactions of specific alleles and …