Epigenetics in Plant Development

Dear Colleagues,

Plants is establishing a Special Issue on "Epigenetics in Plant Development". Epigenetic regulation is essential for controlling spatiotemporal gene expression during plant development. It also enables the plasticity of gene expression in response to environmental stimuli. Thus, epigenetic gene regulation provides insights into developmental regulation, phenotypic plasticity, and environmental adaptation.

This Special Issue will consider research papers and review papers on plant epigenetics, particularly on the molecular mechanisms of plant epigenetics, epigenetic gene regulation and priming and epigenetic memory and their roles in plant development.

Prof. Dr. Hongchun Yang
Guest Editor

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