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Epigenetics: Cell-type methylomes in the root

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A new study combines cell sorting with DNA methylation and RNA profiling to identify novel epigenomic features in plant roots.

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Figure 1: Columella cells are characterized by an unusual epigenome.

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  1. Mary Gehring is at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.,

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Gehring, M. Epigenetics: Cell-type methylomes in the root. Nature Plants 2, 16061 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.61

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