Stability of DNA methylation and chromatin accessibility in structurally diverse maize genomes

Jaclyn M Noshay; Zhikai Liang; Peng Zhou; Peter A Crisp; Alexandre P Marand; Candice N Hirsch; Robert J Schmitz; Nathan M Springer

doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkab190

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (May 2021)

Stability of DNA methylation and chromatin accessibility in structurally diverse maize genomes

Jaclyn M Noshay,
Zhikai Liang,
Peng Zhou,
Peter A Crisp,
Alexandre P Marand,
Candice N Hirsch,
Robert J Schmitz,
Nathan M Springer

Affiliations

Jaclyn M Noshay: ORCiD; Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
Zhikai Liang: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
Peng Zhou: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
Peter A Crisp: School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Alexandre P Marand: Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Candice N Hirsch: ORCiD; Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
Robert J Schmitz: ORCiD; Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Nathan M Springer: ORCiD; Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab190
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 8

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AbstractAccessible chromatin and unmethylated DNA are associated with many genes and cis-regulatory elements. Attempts to understand natural variation for accessible chromatin regions (ACRs) and unmethylated regions (UMRs) often rely upon alignments to a single reference genome. This limits the ability to assess regions that are absent in the reference genome assembly and monitor how nearby structural variants influence variation in chromatin state. In this study, de novo

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Publisher: Oxford University Press
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