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Aug 2026
A VIM2/4 deletion, and premature truncations of CMT2 and FBX5, drive DNA methylation changes after colonization of a novel habitat
This study shows that Arabidopsis thaliana colonizing the Cape Verde Islands rapidly evolved altered DNA methylation patterns through high-impact mutations affecting VIM2/4, CMT2 and FBX5, linked to alternative drought adaptation strategies.
Johan Zicola, Emmanuel Tergemina, Ahmed F. Elfarargi et al.
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