Quantitative epigenetics: DNA sequence variation need not apply.

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.

journal_name

Genes Dev

journal_title

Genes & development

authors

Richards EJ

doi

10.1101/gad.1824909

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-07-15 00:00:00

pages

1601-5

issue

14

eissn

0890-9369

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1549-5477

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23/14/1601

journal_volume

23

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