Arabidopsis thaliana serves as a model organism for the study of fundamental physiological,
cellular, and molecular processes. It has also greatly advanced our understanding of …

The epigenome orchestrates genome accessibility, functionality, and three-dimensional
structure. Because epigenetic variation can impact transcription and thus phenotypes, it may …

Despite advances in sequencing, the goal of obtaining a comprehensive view of genetic
variation in populations is still far from reached. We sequenced 180 lines of A. thaliana from …

Centromeres are critical for cell division, loading CENH3 or CENPA histone variant nucleosomes,
directing kinetochore formation and allowing chromosome segregation 1 , 2 . Despite …

Background It is apparent that genomes harbor much structural variation that is largely
undetected for technical reasons. Such variation can cause artifacts when short-read sequencing …

Aims: High salinity stress impairs plant growth and development. Trehalose metabolism has
been implicated in sugar signaling, and enhanced trehalose metabolism can positively …

Paramutation is the epigenetic transfer of information between alleles that leads to the
heritable change of expression of one allele. Paramutation at the b1 locus in maize requires …

Although long-read sequencing can often enable chromosome-level reconstruction of
genomes, it is still unclear how one can routinely obtain gapless assemblies. In the model plant …

Organized in tandem repeat arrays in most eukaryotes and transcribed by RNA polymerase
III, expression of 5S rRNA genes is under epigenetic control. To unveil mechanisms of …

10.7554/eLife.20522.001 Due to their economic relevance, the study of plant pathogen
interactions is of importance. However, elucidating these interactions and their underlying …