THE ELUCIDATION OF STRESS MEMORY INHERITANCE IN BRASSICA RAPA PLANTS

Plants are able to maintain the memory of stress exposure throughout their ontogenesis and faithfully propagate it into the next generation. Recent evidence argues for the epigenetic nature of this phenomenon. Small RNAs (smRNAs) are one of the vital epigenetic factors because they can both affect g...

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Main Authors: Andriy eBilichak, Yaroslav eIlnytskyy, Rafał eWóycicki, Nina eKepeshchuk, Dawson eFogen, Igor eKovalchuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00005/full