Assisted reproduction: The epigenetic perspective

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 473-482

  Horsthemke, Bernhard ^a   Ludwig, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ENDOKRINOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Development; Epigenetics; Genomic imprinting; Methylation

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; GONADOTROPIN; HOX PROTEIN;

BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS GROWTH; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABNORMALITIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 26444564294     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmi022     Document Type: Review

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