Exploring and exploiting epigenetic variation in cropsThis article is one of a selection of papers from the conference “Exploiting Genome-wide Association in Oilseed Brassicas: a model for genetic improvement of major OECD crops for sustainable farming”.

Relationship between nucleosome positioning and DNA methylation

(2010) Ramakrishna K. Chodavarapu et al.   NATURE

The first meiosis of resynthesized Brassica napus, a genome blender

(2010) E. Szadkowski et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phenotypic instability and epigenetic variability in a diploid potato of hybrid origin, Solanum ruiz-lealii

(2009) Carlos F Marfil et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Epigenetic Reprogramming and Small RNA Silencing of Transposable Elements in Pollen

(2009) R. Keith Slotkin et al.   CELL

H2A.Z-Containing Nucleosomes Mediate the Thermosensory Response in Arabidopsis

(2009) S. Vinod Kumar et al.   CELL

Linking DNA methylation and histone modification: patterns and paradigms

(2009) Howard Cedar et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Histone H2A.Z Regulates the Expression of Several Classes of Phosphate Starvation Response Genes But Not as a Transcriptional Activator

(2009) A. P. Smith et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Energy use efficiency is characterized by an epigenetic component that can be directed through artificial selection to increase yield

(2009) M. Hauben et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A metastable DWARF1 epigenetic mutant affecting plant stature in rice

(2009) K. Miura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extensive Demethylation of Repetitive Elements During Seed Development Underlies Gene Imprinting

(2009) M. Gehring et al.   SCIENCE

Genome-Wide Demethylation of Arabidopsis Endosperm

(2009) T.-F. Hsieh et al.   SCIENCE

Evolutionary Genetics of Genome Merger and Doubling in Plants

(2008) Jeff J. Doyle et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Natural variation in DNA methylation in ribosomal RNA genes of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2008) Hye Woo et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Highly Integrated Single-Base Resolution Maps of the Epigenome in Arabidopsis

(2008) Ryan Lister et al.   CELL

FLC or not FLC: the other side of vernalization

(2008) C. M. Alexandre et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Alternative splicing of the rice OsMET1 genes encoding maintenance DNA methyltransferase

(2008) Takaki Yamauchi et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Histone H2A.Z and DNA methylation are mutually antagonistic chromatin marks

(2008) Daniel Zilberman et al.   NATURE

Shotgun bisulphite sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome reveals DNA methylation patterning

(2008) Shawn J. Cokus et al.   NATURE

MATERNALLY EXPRESSED PAB C-TERMINAL, a Novel Imprinted Gene in Arabidopsis, Encodes the Conserved C-Terminal Domain of Polyadenylate Binding Proteins

(2008) S. Tiwari et al.   PLANT CELL

Rapid alterations of gene expression and cytosine methylation in newly synthesized Brassica napus allopolyploids

(2008) Yanhao Xu et al.   PLANTA

Epigenetic memory transmission through mitosis and meiosis in plants

(2008) H SAZE   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evolution and Control of Imprinted FWA Genes in the Genus Arabidopsis

(2008) Ryo Fujimoto et al.   PLoS Genetics

Brassica oleracea displays a high level of DNA methylation polymorphism

(2007) Armel Salmon et al.   PLANT SCIENCE