title: Epi-alleles in plants: inheritance of epigenetic information over generations.
abstract: Epigenetic modification of plant gene and transposon activity, which correlates with their methylation, is often heritable over many generations. Such heritable properties allow conventional genetic linkage analysis to identify the sequences affected in epigenetic variants. Machinery controlling the establishment of the epigenetic state and role of the epigenetic controls in plant development are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540 Japan. tkakutan@lab.nig.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakutani
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000235:genetics; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D008540:Meiosis / Q000235:genetics; D020412:Multifactorial Inheritance / Q000235:genetics*; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements