Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: prevalence, mechanisms, and implications for the study of heredity and evolution

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-176

  Jablonka, E V A ^a   Raz, G A L ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell memory; Epigenetics; Induced heritable variations; Lamarckism; Macroevolution; Microevolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HEREDITY; INHERITANCE; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HEREDITY; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 68049107038     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598822     Document Type: Article

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