Open AccessRNA Polymerase IV Defines Epigenetic Variation in Maize
Author(s) -
Jennifer Lockhart
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.113.250310
Subject(s) - biology , genetics , allele , epigenetics , homologous chromosome , chromosome , gene
Paramutation is a bizarre but likely widespread phenomenon that violates Mendel’s Law of Segregation. In this process, one allele changes the activity state of its partner allele on the homologous chromosome, usually from an active state to a silent state. This new state is inherited by the next
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