Divergent DNA Methylation Signatures of Juvenile Seedlings, Grafts and Adult Apple Trees.

ABSTRACT: The vast majority of previous studies on epigenetics in plants have centered on the study of inheritance of DNA methylation patterns in annual plants. In contrast, perennial plants may have the ability to accumulate changes in DNA methylation patterns over numerous years. However, currently little is known about long-lived perennial and clonally reproducing plants that may have evolved different DNA methylation inheritance mechanisms as compared to annual plants. To study the transmission of DNA methylation patterns in a perennial plant, we used apple (Malus domestica) as a model plant. First, we investigated the inheritance of DNA methylation patterns during sexual reproduction in apple by comparing DNA methylation patterns of mature trees to juvenile seedlings resulting from selfing. Whi

SUBMITTER: Perrin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8594697 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature