Analyses of methylomes of upland and lowland switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) ecotypes using MeDIP-seq and BS-seq

Abstract Background Switchgrass is a crop with many desirable traits for bioenergy production. Plant genomes have high DNA methylation levels throughout genes and transposable elements and DNA methylation is known to play a role in silencing transposable elements. Here we analyzed methylomes in two...

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Main Authors: Mollee Dworkin, Shaojun Xie, Malay Saha, Jyothi Thimmapuram, Venu (Kal) Kalavacharla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4218-0