The role of DNA methylation in invertebrates: Developmental regulation or genome defense?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 880-891

  Regev, Aviv ^a   Lamb, Marion J ^a   Jablonka, Eva ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Institute for Advanced Study Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell memory; DNA methylation; Epigenetic inheritance; Evolution of development; Genome size; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE CONTROL; GENOME; INVERTEBRATE; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANNELIDA; APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; CALIGINOSA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0031877999     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025992     Document Type: Article

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