Publications by authors named "Margaret Scarrow"

Unlabelled: Polyploid species have played an essential role in plant evolution, exemplified by adaptive advantages to abiotic stress. -Methyladenosine (m6A) is suggested to play an important role in stress response. However, whether genome doubling affects m6A to increase autopolyploids stress tolerance is still unclear.

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Polyploidization influences the genetic composition and gene expression of an organism. This multi-level genetic change allows the formation of new regulatory pathways leading to increased adaptability. Although both forms of polyploidization provide advantages, autopolyploids were long thought to have little impact on plant divergence compared to allopolyploids due to their formation through genome duplication only, rather than in combination with hybridization.

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N-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation has become a progressively popular area of molecular research since the discovery of its potentially essential regulatory role amongst eukaryotes. m6A marks are observed in the 5'UTR, 3'UTR and coding regions of eukaryotes and its mediation has been associated with various human diseases, RNA stability and translational efficiency. To understand the implications of m6A methylation in molecular governance, its functionality and mechanism must be initially understood.

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