Analysis of Differences in DNA Methylation in Organically and Conventionally Grown Potato Tubers (Solanum tuberosum)

ABSTRACT: DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that can be transmitted from one generation to the next. DNA methylation patterns can be specific to environmental conditions. In our ap-proach, differences in DNA methylation pattern were compared among tubers of potato (Solanum tuberosum) grown under organic and conventional farming conditions. These conditions differed in application of fertilizer, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. Samples grown at two different years under organic and conventional growing conditions in three independent field replicates were analyzed to identify differentially methylated regions (DMRs). Post-bisulfite-adapter tagging whole-genome bisulfite-sequencing (PBAT-WGBS) was performed on the extracted DNA. Only using relaxed selection param-eters revealed sixty share

INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq X

ORGANISM(S): Solanum tuberosum

SUBMITTER: Markus Kuhlmann 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-15777 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress