Epigenetics: Biology's quantum mechanics

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2011, Pages

  Jorgensen, Richard A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aperiodic crystal; Histone code; Parachromatin; Paragenetics; Transgenerational inheritance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874367363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00010     Document Type: Article

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