Limited Contribution of DNA Methylation Variation to Expression Regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

The extent to which epigenetic variation affects complex traits in natural populations is not known. We addressed this question using transcriptome and DNA methylation data from a sample of 135 sequenced A. thaliana accessions. Across individuals, expression was significantly associated with cis-met...

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Main Authors: Dazhe Meng, Manu Dubin, Pei Zhang, Edward J Osborne, Oliver Stegle, Richard M Clark, Magnus Nordborg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4939946?pdf=render