Figure 2From: Rice transposable elements are characterized by various methylation environments in the genomeMethylation degrees in the 5' flanking sequences of the 12 rice TEs. The TD bands smaller than 500 bp in the Msp I-digested samples were compared with those in the corresponding Hpa II-digested samples. Methylation degrees are expressed as the proportion of the methylated bands in the total bands of the Msp I-digested samples. The average methylation degree (24.3%) for the whole genomes from the nine strains was estimated by AFLP analyses as described in the Methods, and is indicated by a dotted line. Standard deviations were calculated with the data from the nine rice strains.Back to article page