Non-canonical RNA-directed DNA methylation participates in maternal and environmental control of seed dormancy
Seed dormancy is an adaptive trait preventing premature germination out of season. In a previous report (Piskurewicz et al., 2016) we showed that dormancy levels are maternally inherited through the preferential maternal allele expression in the seed endosperm of ALLANTOINASE (ALN), a negative regul...
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2019-03-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/37434 |