Evolution of Eukaryotic DNA Methylation

Tuesday, 26 April 2011 at 11:45

Add to Calendar ▼2011-04-26 11:45:002011-04-26 12:45:00Europe/LondonEvolution of Eukaryotic DNA MethylationEpigenetics World Congress in BostonBostonSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

We quantified DNA methylation in seventeen eukaryotic genomes and show that extant DNA methylation systems are mosaics of conserved and derived features, and that gene body methylation is an ancient property of eukaryotic genomes.