Revolutionary new view on heritability in plants: Complex heritable traits not only determined by changes in DNA sequence

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 12:31 in Biology & Nature

Complex heritable traits are not only determined by changes in the DNA sequence. Scientists have now shown that epigenetic marks can affect traits such as flowering time and architecture in plants. Furthermore, these marks are passed on for many generations in a stable manner.

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