Did Paul Kammerer discover epigenetic inheritance? A modern look at the controversial midwife toad experiments

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 312, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 667-678

  Vargas, Alexander O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC FIGURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANURA; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ANURA; LAMARCKIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 70350342800     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21319     Document Type: Article

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