Stable Epigenetic Variants Selected from an Induced Hypomethylated Fragaria vesca Population.

ABSTRACT: Epigenetic inheritance was transmitted through selection over five generations of extreme early, but not late flowering time phenotypic lines in Fragaria vesca. Epigenetic variation was initially artificially induced using the DNA demethylation reagent 5-azacytidine (5-azaC). It is the first report to explore epigenetic variant selection and phenotypic trait inheritance in strawberry. Transmission frequency of these traits was determined across generations. The early flowering (EF4) and late stolon (LS) phenotypic traits were successfully transmitted across five and three generations through meiosis, respectively. Stable mitotic transmission of the early flowering phenotype was also demonstrated using clonal daughters derived from the 4th Generation (S4) mother plant. In order to fu

SUBMITTER: Xu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5126047 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature