Transgenerational Inheritance of Modified DNA Methylation Patterns and Enhanced Tolerance Induced by Heavy Metal Stress in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

• Xiufang Ou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiufang Ou, Yunhong Zhang

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE and Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

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• Yunhong Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiufang Ou, Yunhong Zhang

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE and Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

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• Chunming Xu,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE and Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

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• Xiuyun Lin,

  Affiliation Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China

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• Qi Zang,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE and Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

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• Tingting Zhuang,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE and Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

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• Lili Jiang,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE and Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

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• Diter von Wettstein ,

  * E-mail: diter@wsu.edu (DW); baoliu@nenu.edu.cn (BL)

  Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and School of Molecular Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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• Bao Liu

  * E-mail: diter@wsu.edu (DW); baoliu@nenu.edu.cn (BL)

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE and Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

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