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Dawei Dai

University of California, BerkeleyORCID 0000-0002-9942-0421Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1

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Ben P. WilliamsiD· 2 shared Clara J. WilliamsiD· 1 shared J. Grey MonroeiD· 1 shared Jingwen TaoiD· 1 shared Ken CheniD· 1 shared Kevin Tran· 1 shared

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Plant BiologySciencePeer-reviewedJan 29, 2026

Aging drives a program of DNA methylation decay in plant organs

Dawei Dai, Ken Chen, Jingwen Tao, Ben P. Williams

This study shows that aging in Arabidopsis thaliana causes DNA methylation decay and transposable element expression, with a gene regulatory program controlling the rate of epigenetic loss.

12 citationstop 1%

ArabidopsisDNA methylation

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GenomicsGenome biologyPeer-reviewedOct 12, 2023

Dynamic DNA methylation turnover in gene bodies is associated with enhanced gene expression plasticity in plants

Clara J. Williams, Dawei Dai, Kevin Tran…·Ben P. Williams

The paper identifies a new type of gene body methylation in plants that is dynamically regulated and linked to increased gene expression plasticity.

28 citations

plant (other)DNA methylation

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