DNA methylation: A source of random variation in natural populations

Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-427

  Massicotte, Rachel ^a   Whitelaw, Emma ^b   Angers, Bernard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Group for Interuniversity Research in Limnology and Aquatic Environment (GRIL)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisulfite sequencing; Chrosomus eos neogaeus; Clonal vertebrate; DNA methylation; Epigenetic variation; MSAP; Population epigenetics; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROSOMUS EOS NEOGAEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RETROPOSON; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CYPRINIFORMES; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; MOUSE;

CHROSOMUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; MICE; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 79954515892     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.4.14532     Document Type: Article

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