Experimental alteration of DNA methylation affects the phenotypic plasticity of ecologically relevant traits in Arabidopsis thaliana

Evolutionary Ecology - Tập 24 Số 3 - Trang 541-553 - 2010
Oliver Bossdorf1, Davide Arcuri2, Christina L. Richards3, Massimo Pigliucci4
1Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, 3013, Bern, Switzerland
2Dipartimento di Biotecnologie (Bio.M.A.A.), Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, 89061, Reggio Calabria, Italy
3Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
4Department of Philosophy, City University of New York-Lehman College, Bronx, NY, 10468, USA

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