RNA-directed DNA methylation prevents rapid and heritable reversal of transposon silencing under heat stress in Zea mays

• Wei Guo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5087-8768

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• Dafang Wang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Division of Math and Sciences, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8508-0721

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• Damon Lisch

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dlisch@purdue.edu

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8693-8651

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