Season of conception in rural gambia affects DNA methylation at putative human metastable epialleles

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Waterland, Robert A ^a,b   Kellermayer, Richard ^a   Laritsky, Eleonora ^a   Rayco Solon, Pura ^c   Harris, R Alan ^b   Travisano, Michael ^d   Zhang, Wenjuan ^a   Torskaya, Maria S ^a   Zhang, Jiexin ^e   Shen, Lanlan ^a   Manary, Mark J ^a   Prentice, Andrew M ^c  

^a CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; GAMBIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERM LAYER; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWIN DISCORDANCE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; TWINS;

MAMMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMBIA; GENETIC LOCI; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650688321     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001252     Document Type: Article

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