Dynamic alterations in the paternal epigenetic landscape following fertilization

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Jenkins, Timothy G ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; Embryogenesis; Epigenetics; Fertilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875204948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00143     Document Type: Review

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