On the Origin and Evolutionary Consequences of Gene Body DNA Methylation
Adam J Bewick, Lexiang Ji, Chad E Niederhuth, Eva-Maria Willing, Brigitte T Hofmeister, Xiuling Shi, Li Wang, Zefu Lu, Nicholas A Rohr, Benjamin Hartwig, Christiane Kiefer, Roger B Deal, Jeremy Schmutz, Jane Grimwood, Hume Stroud, , Robert J Schmitz
The paper investigates the origin and evolutionary consequences of gene body DNA methylation by studying the loss of this feature in two angiosperms, finding that CMT3 is essential for its establishment.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jul 25, 2016Peer-reviewedPlant Biology