Somatic genome variations interact with environment, genome and epigenome in the determination of the phenotype: A paradigm shift in genomics?

DNA Repair

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 470-473

  Sgaramella, Vittorio ^a   Astolfi, Paola A ^b  

^a PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 77949874335     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2009.11.011     Document Type: Note

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