Erratum

Colot V, Rossignol J-L. Eukaryotic DNA methylation as an evolutionary device. BioEssays 1999;21:402-411. An error occurred in the above-mentioned article. In the section entitled, "Methylation-associated transcript truncation in Ascobolus and Neurospora," the first line of the second paragraph should have read: Methylation can nevertheless be associated with efficient gene silencing in both fungi. The publisher regrets the error.