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The document discusses a study of self-incompatibility in plants which found that small RNAs encoded by dominant alleles can epigenetically silence expression of recessive alleles. This occurs through DNA methylation directed by the small RNA. The specificity comes from complementarity between the small RNA and its target gene. This mechanism could represent a general way for heterozygotes to achieve monoallelic expression.

Author

José M.

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EN