Environmental influence on epigenetic inheritance at the Avy allele

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages

  Martin, David I K ^a,b,d   Cropley, Jennifer E ^a   Suter, Catherine M ^a,c  

^a VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d CHORI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; DNA; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1;

ALLELE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA MODIFICATION; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN;

AGOUTI SIGNALING PROTEIN; ALLELES; ANIMALS; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 48349136703     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00057.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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