Germ cell-specific DNA methylation and genome diploidization in primitive vertebrates

Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1471-1480

  Ma, Shanshan ^a   Huang, Wanxu ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Zhao, Shufang ^a   Tong, Ying ^a   Liu, Zhenghua ^a   Sun, Lei ^a   Chen, Haiyan ^a   Luo, Chen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bisexual reproduction; Evolution; Genome diploidization; Genomic imprinting; Germ cell specific DNA methylation; Primitive vertebrate

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE;

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; GOLDFISH; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYPLOIDY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 83255176187     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.12.18177     Document Type: Article

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