Inbreeding effects in the epigenetic era

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-

  Biémont, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; INBRED STRAIN; INBREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENES, RECESSIVE; INBREEDING; MUTATION;

EID: 77249167149     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2664-c1     Document Type: Letter

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