Epigenetics of Mammalian Gamete and Embryo Development

Livestock Epigenetics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-25

  Rodriguez Osorio, Nelida ^a   Dogan, Sule ^b   Memili, Erdogan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; Embryogenesis; Epigenetic errors; Epigenetics, embryo development; Gamete, embryo viability; Gametogenesis, spermatogenesis; Gene expression, function; Mammalian gamete epigenetics; Mammalian oogenesis; ZP3, species specific

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868195406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119949930.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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