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Mapping genetic modifiers of epimutation rates reveals a punctuated-equilibrium model of CG methylome evolution
Zhilin Zhang, Wilma Wanney, Yangyang Xu…·Frank M. Johannes
The paper tracks DNA methylation across generations in Arabidopsis lineages to identify a genetic modifier that increases epimutation rates and supports a punctuated-equilibrium model of methylation evolution.
DOI 10.1101/2025.06.14.659605