Unusual predominance of maintenance DNA methylation in Spirodela polyrhiza
A. E. Harkess, A. Bewick, Z. Lu, P. Fourounjian, J. Messing, T. Michael, R. J. Schmitz, B. C. Meyers
This study shows that Spirodela polyrhiza maintains CG and CHG DNA methylation at repeats without the RdDM pathway or small RNAs, despite losing key methylation genes.
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics · Apr 3, 2024Peer-reviewedPlant Biology