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SUMMARY:Epigenetic examination of heterosis in tomato - Sebastian Müller\
 , David Baulcombe Lab
DTSTART:20160526T120000Z
DTEND:20160526T123000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Hybrid plants are used extensively in agriculture due to their
  superior productivity and biomass. The gains are assumed to be a conseque
 nce of changes to the transcriptome in the hybrid that alter the phenotype
  of the plant. It was proposed that heterosis had non-Mendelian features\,
  that is\, an epigenetic basis. Recent reports present a compelling argume
 nt that epigenetic features and mechanisms can be exploited to improve pla
 nt performance by finding\, creating or manipulating the diversity underly
 ing heterosis.\nHere\, we are investigating two different tomato hybrid cr
 osses and their respective parents to understand if transgressive epigenet
 ic features contribute to heterosis in hybrid tomato and how they could be
  used to enhance Parental combinability or Progeny Selection for improving
  heterosis.\n
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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