Twins for epigenetic studies of human aging and development

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 182-187

  Tan, Qihua ^a,b   Christiansen, Lene ^a,b   Thomassen, Mads ^b   Kruse, Torben A ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Environments; Epigenetics; Genomics; Twins

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AGING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVELOPMENT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LIFE EVENT; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS; ZYGOTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; RNA; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84867362632     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2012.06.004     Document Type: Review

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