The penetrance of an epigenetic trait in mice is progressively yet reversibly increased by selection and environment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1737, 2012, Pages 2347-2353

  Cropley, Jennifer E ^a,b   Dang, Thurston H Y ^a   Martin, David I K ^a,c   Suter, Catherine M ^a,b  

^a VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Agouti viable yellow; DNA methylation; Environmental epigenetics; Epigenetic inheritance; PiRNA

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI; MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; C57BL MOUSE; CROSS BREEDING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRANCE; POPULATION GENETICS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENETRANCE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84865591162     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2646     Document Type: Article

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