Natural epialleles of Arabidopsis SUPERMAN display superwoman phenotypes

Ramesh Bondada et al. report natural epimutations in the Arabidopsis SUPERMAN gene from tetraploid and diploid accessions. The existence of these epialleles in diverse wild populations have the potential to shed light on the evolution of unisexuality in plants.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ramesh Bondada, Saravanakumar Somasundaram, Mohan Premanand Marimuthu, Mohammed Afsal Badarudeen, Vaishak Kanjirakol Puthiyaveedu, Ravi Maruthachalam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01525-9