Global DNA cytosine methylation variation in Spartina alterniflora at North Inlet, SC.

ABSTRACT: Spartina alterniflora, marsh grass, is a vegetative apomicticly-reproducing halophyte native to marshes along the east coast of the United States and invasive across the world. S. alterniflora provides many ecosystem services including, but not limited to, water filtration, habitats for invertebrates, and sediment retention. Widespread diebacks of longstanding marsh grass colonies launched extensive investigations into probable mechanisms leading to patchy diebacks. There is still current debate as to the causes of a marsh dieback but environmental stress is acknowledged as a constant. Spatial epigenetic variation could contribute to variation of stress susceptibility, but the scale and structure of epigenetic variation is unknown. The current study investigates patterns of epigenetic vari

SUBMITTER: Agrelius T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6130869 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature