Accelerated growth increases the somatic epimutation rate in trees
Mengjie Zhou, Gerhard Schmied, Binh Thanh Vo, Monika Bradatsch, Giulia Resente, Rashmi R. Hazarika, Ioanna Kakoulidou, Maria Cecília Dias Costa, Michele Serra, Richard L. Peters, Enno Uhl, Robert J. Schmitz, Torben Hilmers, Astor Toraño Caicoya, Alan Crivellaro, , Frank M. Johannes
This study shows that faster tree growth increases the annual rate of somatic epimutations at CG dinucleotides, likely due to higher cell division rates.
Nature Communications · Oct 27, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics