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608: Epigenetic control of plant development

Reference	BBS/E/H/00JG0371
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Jose Gutierrez-Marcos
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University of Warwick
Department	Warwick HRI
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	139,489
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2007
End date	31/03/2008
Duration	12 months

Abstract

Most aspects of plant development are under epigenetic control, that is, under the control of heritable changes in gene expression that are not associated with changes in DNA sequence. My group is studying the molecular basis of this epigenetic control and its impact on plant development by dissecting the role that DNA methylation, chromatin modifications and non-coding RNAs play in directing relevant gene regulation at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional level. We are particularly interested in understanding how the unique combination of genetic and epigenetic information is passed on from each parent and thus have a major impact on plant performance. This analysis may provide pivotal information about how novel beneficial allelic combinations in certain hybrids contribute to heterotic phenotypic effects, or hybrid vigor, and thus improved crop performance.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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