CRISPR/Cas9 has been widely applied to various plant species accelerating the pace of plant genome editing and precision breeding in crops. Unintended effects beyond off-target nucleotide mutations ...

We now know that small RNAs guide epigenetic modifications in both plants and animals. We also know that a molecule called pseudouridine (Ψ) is the most common RNA modification. What we haven't ...

Forest and woody plant species face tremendous pressures from biotic and abiotic factors, closely linked to apparent temperature increases. Trees, for example, are long-lived organisms with no means ...

A research team led by Prof. Qin Guozheng from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled a ...

Accumulating evidence indicates that epigenetic modifiers have key roles in genome-wide reprogramming and activation and repression of specific genes during mammalian germ-cell development.

ShareResearchers in Finland and Denmark have found that Childhood stress can impact the epigenetic profile of sperm, ...

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. 1 The name epigenetics comes from the Greek prefix “epi”, which means on top ...

Winter in the South can be hard on plants. Fluctuating temperatures, sporadic freezes, and winter winds all take their toll on the garden. Some plants need a little extra protection to make it through ...