Epigenetic memory in mammals

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue JUNE, 2011, Pages

  Migicovsky, Zoë ^a   Kovalchuk, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epigenetic disease inheritance; Epigenetic inheritance; Epigenetic memory; Genomic imprinting; Germ line reprogramming

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84874338943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00028     Document Type: Review

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