Table of Contents

Landscaping Plant Epigenetics.- The Gene Balance Hypothesis: Dosage Effects in Plants.- High-throughput RNA-Seq for Allelic or Locus-specific Expression Analysis in Arabidopsis Related Species, Hybrids, and Allotetraploids.- Inference of Allele-specific Expression from RNA-seq Data.- Screening for Imprinted Genes using High Resolution Melting Analysis of PCR Amplicons.- Analysis of Genomic Imprinting by Quantitative Allele-specific Expression by Pyrosequencing®.- Endosperm-specific Chromatin Profiling by Fluorescence-activated Nuclei Sorting and Chip-on-chip.- Imaging Sexual Reproduction in Arabidopsis using Fluorescent Markers.- Genome-wide Analysis of DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis using MeDIP-chip.- Methylation-Sensitive Amplified Polymorphism (MSAP) Marker to Investigate Drought-stress Response in Montepulciano and Sangiovese Grape Cultivars.- Detecting Histone Modifications in Plants.- Quantitatively Profiling Genome-wide Patterns of Histone Modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana using ChIP-seq.- Analysis of Retrotransposon Activity in Plants.- Detecting Epigenetic Effects of Transposable Elements in Plants.- Detection and Investigation of Transitive Gene Silencing Effects in Plants.