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Aberrant imprinting may underlie evolution of parthenogenesis

Genomic imprinting confers parent-of-origin-specific gene expression, thus non-equivalent and complementary function of parental genomes. As a consequence, genomic imprinting poses an epigenetic barrier to parthenogenesis in sexual organisms. We report aberrant imprinting in Boechera, a genus in whi...

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Main Authors: Kirioukhova, Olga (Author) , Shah, Jubin (Author) , Larsen, Danae (Author) , Tayyab, Muhammad (Author) , Müller, Nora E. (Author) , Govind, Geetha (Author) , Johnston, Amal Joseph (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 13 July 2018
In: Scientific reports
Year: 2018, Volume: 8
ISSN:2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-27863-7
Online Access:Resolving-System, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27863-7
Verlag: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-27863-7
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Author Notes:Olga Kirioukhova, Jubin N. Shah, Danaé S. Larsen, Muhammad Tayyab, Nora E. Mueller, Geetha Govind, Célia Baroux, Michael Federer, Jacqueline Gheyselinck, Philippa J. Barrell, Hong Ma, Stefanie Sprunck, Bruno Huettel, Helen Wallace, Ueli Grossniklaus & Amal J. Johnston
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Summary:Genomic imprinting confers parent-of-origin-specific gene expression, thus non-equivalent and complementary function of parental genomes. As a consequence, genomic imprinting poses an epigenetic barrier to parthenogenesis in sexual organisms. We report aberrant imprinting in Boechera, a genus in which apomicts evolved from sexuals multiple times.
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ISSN:2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-27863-7

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