Background DNA methylation is an important feature of plant epigenomes, involved in the
formation of heterochromatin and affecting gene expression. Extensive variation of DNA …

… Author links open overlay panel Adam J Bewick , Robert J Schmitz … In the model proposed
by Bewick et al. [17 •• ], (a) rare events where IBM1 fails to remove H3K9me2 leads to (b) …

DNA methylation contributes to gene and transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes, and
therefore has been hypothesized to facilitate the evolution of plastic traits such as sociality in …

N6-methyldeoxyadenine (6mA) is a noncanonical DNA base modification present at low levels
in plant and animal genomes 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , but its prevalence and association with genome …

In plants, CG DNA methylation is prevalent in the transcribed regions of many constitutively
expressed genes (gene body methylation; gbM), but the origin and function of gbM remain …

Recent studies have shown that one of the parental subgenomes in ancient polyploids is
generally more dominant, having retained more genes and being more highly expressed, a …

Background The evolution of gene body methylation (gbM), its origins, and its functional
consequences are poorly understood. By pairing the largest collection of transcriptomes (>1000…

The generation of thousands of fungal genomes is leading to a better understanding of genes
and genomic organization within the kingdom. However, the epigenome, which includes …

10.7554/eLife.36495.001 Fireflies and their luminous courtships have inspired centuries of
scientific study. Today firefly luciferase is widely used in biotechnology, but the evolutionary …

DM‐W is a dominant, female‐specific, regulator of sex determination in the African clawed
frog Xenopus laevis. This gene is derived from partial duplication of DMRT1, a male‐related …