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Quantitative epigenetics: DNA sequence variation need not apply
Eric J. Richards
Genes Dev. 2009 23: 1601-1605
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Quantitative epigenetics: DNA sequence variation need not apply
Author Affiliations
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
Abstract
Two recent reports, including one by Reinders and colleagues (pp. 939–950) in the April 15, 2009, issue of Genes & Development, describe the construction of Arabidopsis recombinant inbred populations that maximize epigenetic rather than genetic variation. The distribution and behavior of phenotypic variation in these populations suggest that stable epialleles can control complex quantitative traits. However, stochastic epimutation and transposon movement in these populations present some unexpected technical hurdles to implementing quantitative epigenetic analysis.
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- Article is online at http://www.genesdev.org/cgi/doi/10.1101/gad.1824909.
- Copyright © 2009 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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- Jon Reinders, Brande B.H. Wulff, Marie Mirouze, Arturo Marí-Ordóñez,Mélanie Dapp, Wilfried Rozhon, Etienne Bucher, Grégory Theiler, andJerzy Paszkowski
- Genes Dev. April 15, 2009 23: 939-950; doi:10.1101/gad.524609
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