Transgenerational inheritance or resetting of stress-induced epigenetic modifications: two sides of the same coin.
The transgenerational inheritance of stress-induced epigenetic modifications is still controversial. Despite several examples of defence ‘priming’ and induced genetic rearrangements, the involvement and persistence of transgenerational epigenetic modifications is not known to be general. Here I argu...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Plant Science |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00699/full |