Embryo culture and epigenetics

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 912, Issue , 2012, Pages 399-421

  Velker, Brenna A Market ^a   Denomme, Michelle M ^a   Mann, Mellissa R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Embryo culture; Endogenous retroviral silencing; Epigenetics; Genomic imprinting; Histone modifications; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO CULTURE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84864831412     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-971-6_23     Document Type: Article

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