Molecular characterization of a rice mutator-phenotype derived from an incompatible cross-pollination reveals transgenerational mobilization of multiple transposable elements and extensive epigenetic instability

Table 2 Correlations of mPing activity respectively with the genetic variations detected by AFLP and alteration in cytosine methylation detected by MSAP, based on Pearson's coefficients

mPing activity detected by TD	Genetic variation detected by AFLP		Alteration in cytosine methylation detected by MSAP
	loss	gain	CG	CNG
excision	0.286 (P_0.05 = 0.455)	0.166 (P_0.05 = 0.670)	0.732* (P_0.05 = 0.025)	0.800** (P_0.01 = 0.010)
insertion	-0.075 (P_0.05 = 0.848)	-0.286 (P_0.05 = 0.456)	0.609 (P_0.05 = 0.081)	0.675* (P_0.05 = 0.046)

* and ** respectively indicate statistical significance at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels.

ISSN: 1471-2229