Curr Biol. 1998 Mar 01;8(6):R206-8.
Current biology : CB
Paszkowski, Scheid
PMID: 9512408
The formation of silent epialleles is accompanied by local hypermethylation of the DNA template, and genetically altered, methylation-deficient Arabidopsis mutants generate an increased number of epimutations. But what came first - methylation or epigenetic change?