Epigenetic perspectives on the evolution and domestication of polyploid plant and crops

• Published in: Current opinion in plant biology Vol. 42; pp. 37 - 48
• Main Authors: Ding, Mingquan, Chen, Z Jeffrey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2018
• Subjects: allopolyploidy; Angiospermae; animals; autopolyploidy; canola; cotton; crops; Crops, Agricultural - genetics; Crops, Agricultural - physiology; Domestication; Epigenesis, Genetic - genetics; epigenetics; Evolution, Molecular; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; genome; interspecific hybridization; natural selection; Polyploidy; progeny; wheat

•Hybridity and ploidy induce nonadditive gene expression (activation or silencing).•Nonadditive gene expression is largely dependent on epigenetic regulation.•Some epialleles are stably inherited in allopolyploid populations during evolution.•Epialleles can be selected and maintained during domestic...