Abstract
ENCODE projects exist for many eukaryotes, including humans, but as of yet no defined project exists for plants. A plant ENCODE would be invaluable to the research community and could be more readily produced than its metazoan equivalents by capitalizing on the preexisting infrastructure provided from similar projects. Collecting and normalizing plant epigenomic data for a range of species will facilitate hypothesis generation, cross-species comparisons, annotation of genomes, and an understanding of epigenomic functions throughout plant evolution. Here, we discuss the need for such a project, outline the challenges it faces, and suggest ways forward to build a plant ENCODE.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 49-70 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Annual Review of Genetics |
Volume | 48 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 23 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2014 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- DNA elements
- comparative epigenomics
- epigenetics