Robert J. Schmitz

Mapping genetic modifiers of epimutation rates identifies VIM2/4 as dosage-sensitive negative regulators of CG methylation maintenance

Abstract Spontaneous epimutations are stochastic gains and losses of cytosine methylation that arise from imperfect maintenance across cell divisions. At CG sites, such epimutations can be inherited across generations in plants and constitute a major source of CG methylation (mCG...