The methylation landscape of giga-genome and the epigenetic timer of age in Chinese pine

Jiang Li; Fangxu Han; Tongqi Yuan; Wei Li; Yue Li; Harry X. Wu; Hairong Wei; Shihui Niu

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37684-6

Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

The methylation landscape of giga-genome and the epigenetic timer of age in Chinese pine

Jiang Li,
Fangxu Han,
Tongqi Yuan,
Wei Li,
Yue Li,
Harry X. Wu,
Hairong Wei,
Shihui Niu

Affiliations

Jiang Li: National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
Fangxu Han: National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
Tongqi Yuan: College of Material Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
Wei Li: National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
Yue Li: National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
Harry X. Wu: Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Hairong Wei: College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University
Shihui Niu: National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, The Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37684-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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DNA methylation level declines during aging of mammals. Here, the authors report single-base resolution landscape of cytosine DNA methylation at different ages of Chinese pine and show that the global cytosine DNA methylation gradually increases as age progresses.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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