Table 3

Comparative controls for quantification of maternal expression of ATCDC48A by QUASEP.

Gene

Name

SNP

Col-0 allele (maternal)

C24/Ler-0 allele (maternal

Mean maternal

Imprinted status

At3g09840

CDC48A

Col-0/C24

100.0%

80.5%

90.4%

MEG test gene

At4g25530

FWA

Col-0/Ler-0

92.1%

97.1%

94.6%

MEG control gene

At1g65330

PHE1

Col-0/Ler-0

27.4%

12.8%

21.1%

PEG control gene

At1g65330

PHE2

Col-0/Ler-0

56.3%

35.3%

45.8%

Biallelic control

FWA and PHERES1 were used as maternally and paternally expressed controls, respectively; the non-imprinted gene, PHERES2 was as a control expressed from both alleles within the endosperm.

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