Racial differences in gene-specific DNA methylation levels are present at birth

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 728-736

  Adkins, Ronald M ^a   Krushkal, Julia ^a   Tylavsky, Frances A ^a   Thomas, Fridtjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Caucasian; DNA methylation; Racial difference; Stratified Kruskal Wallis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLADDER CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79961145157     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20770     Document Type: Article

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