Transgenerational inheritance of non-genetically determined phenotypes

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 769-776

  Holland, Michelle L ^a   Rakyan, Vardhman K ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental programming; Epigenetic inheritance; Paternal effect; Soft inheritance; Transgenerational inheritance

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GAMETE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOME; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84878315985     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20130043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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