The correlation of genome size and DNA methylation rate in metazoans

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-60

  Lechner, Marcus ^a   Marz, Manja ^b   Ihling, Christian ^c   Sinz, Andrea ^c   Stadler, Peter F ^d,e,f,g,h,i   Krauss, Veiko ^c,d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^f FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CELL THERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CpG bias; CpNpG bias; Cytosine methylation; Evolution of genome size; Germline methylation rate; Suppression of transposon activity

Indexed keywords

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; ANIMALIA; CAELIFERA; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); HEXAPODA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; ORTHOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873743527     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-012-0167-y     Document Type: Article

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