Environmental signals and transgenerational epigenetics

Epigenomics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-117

  Skinner, Michael K ^a   Guerrero Bosagna, Carlos ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult onset; Disease environment; Epigenetics; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649455759     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.09.11     Document Type: Review

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