Natural epialleles of Arabidopsis SUPERMAN display superwoman phenotypes

Ramesh Bondada; Saravanakumar Somasundaram; Mohan Premanand Marimuthu; Mohammed Afsal Badarudeen; Vaishak Kanjirakol Puthiyaveedu; Ravi Maruthachalam

doi:10.1038/s42003-020-01525-9

Communications Biology (Dec 2020)

Natural epialleles of Arabidopsis SUPERMAN display superwoman phenotypes

Ramesh Bondada,
Saravanakumar Somasundaram,
Mohan Premanand Marimuthu,
Mohammed Afsal Badarudeen,
Vaishak Kanjirakol Puthiyaveedu,
Ravi Maruthachalam

Affiliations

Ramesh Bondada: School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Thiruvananthapuram
Saravanakumar Somasundaram: School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Thiruvananthapuram
Mohan Premanand Marimuthu: Genome Center, University of California
Mohammed Afsal Badarudeen: School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Thiruvananthapuram
Vaishak Kanjirakol Puthiyaveedu: School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Thiruvananthapuram
Ravi Maruthachalam: School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Thiruvananthapuram

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01525-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Ramesh Bondada et al. report natural epimutations in the Arabidopsis SUPERMAN gene from tetraploid and diploid accessions. The existence of these epialleles in diverse wild populations have the potential to shed light on the evolution of unisexuality in plants.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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