Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: How important is it?

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-235

  Grossniklaus, Ueli ^a   Kelly, Bill ^b   Ferguson Smith, Anne C ^c   Pembrey, Marcus ^d,e   Lindquist, Susan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 104; RNA;

ALLELE; CYTOPLASM; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGENY; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HEREDITY; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS;

EID: 84874175265     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3435     Document Type: Review

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