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Targeted DNA demethylation produces heritable epialleles in rice

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0102003), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31771872, 31788103 and 31970193), and Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDY-SSW-SMC022). We thank Dr. Rongchen Wang for reading and revising this manuscript.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Shanjie Tang, Chao Yang, Dong Wang, Xian Deng, Xiaofeng Cao & Xianwei Song

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Shanjie Tang, Chao Yang & Xiaofeng Cao

  3. Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Gene Engineering in Jiangxi Province, College of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China

    Dong Wang

  4. Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Xian Deng & Xiaofeng Cao

  5. Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Xianwei Song

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Tang, S., Yang, C., Wang, D. et al. Targeted DNA demethylation produces heritable epialleles in rice. Sci. China Life Sci. 65, 753–756 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-021-1974-7

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