Longitudinal, genome-scale analysis of DNA methylation in twins from birth to 18 months of age reveals rapid epigenetic change in early life and pair-specific effects of discordance

Genome Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Martino, David ^a   Loke, Yuk Jin ^b,c   Gordon, Lavinia ^b   Ollikainen, Miina ^d   Cruickshank, Mark N ^b,e   Saffery, Richard ^a,c   Craig, Jeffrey M ^b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEVELOPMENT; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILOT STUDY; PLASTICITY; PROMOTER REGION; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS; AGE; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; INFANT; MOUTH; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES;

DNA;

AGE FACTORS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOUTH; PILOT PROJECTS; TWINS;

EID: 84878004354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-5-r42     Document Type: Article

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