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Review
. 2000;1(1):REVIEWS107.
doi: 10.1186/gb-2000-1-1-reviews107. Epub 2000 Jun 9.

The many hues of plant heterochromatin

J L Bennetzen  1
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Review

The many hues of plant heterochromatin

J L Bennetzen. Genome Biol. 2000.

Abstract

Recent sequence and cytogenetic analyses of heterochromatin in Arabidopsis, together with other results from Arabidopsis and maize, indicate that plant heterochromatin can have very different origins, compositions and dynamics. Shared features that must determine and/or be a result of its unique biological properties are also revealed.

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