Plants are sessile organisms that need to adapt to constantly changing environmental
conditions. Unpredictable climate change places plants under a variety of abiotic stresses …

Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon leading to parentally biased gene
expression. Throughout the years, extensive efforts have been made to characterize the …

Epigenetic variations are involved in the control of plant developmental processes and
participate in sha** phenotypic plasticity to the environment. Intense breeding has eroded …

In flowering plants, seed development is initiated by the fusion of the maternal egg and
central cells with two paternal sperm cells, leading to the formation of embryo and …

Plant cells have a powerful capacity in their propagation to adapt to environmental change,
given that a single plant cell can give rise to a whole plant via somatic embryogenesis …

The evolution of seeds defines a remarkable landmark in the history of land plants. A
develo** seed contains three genetically distinct structures: the embryo, the nourishing …

Chromosome dosage has substantial effects on reproductive isolation and speciation in
both plants and animals, but the underlying mechanisms are largely obscure. Transposable …

Trees are constantly exposed to climate fluctuations, which vary with both time and
geographic location. Environmental changes that are outside of the physiological favorable …

Highlights•Genome wide distribution and function of H3K4, K27, K36me in plant and
animal.•Summary of histone lysine methylation writer, eraser and reader in plant and …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) breeding programs aim to improve both agronomic
and seed characteristics traits. However, the genetic architecture of the many traits that affect …