Epigenetic effects on the embryo as a result of periconceptional environment and assisted reproduction technology

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 477-485

  Lucas, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction technology; DNA methylation; epigenetics; maternal environment; preimplantation

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; FOLIC ACID; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3; TRANSCRIPTOME; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTION; DEMETHYLATION; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INNER CELL MASS; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITION; OOCYTE; OVARY FUNCTION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSPOSON; TROPHOBLAST;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; MATERNAL ENVIRONMENT; PREIMPLANTATION;

BLASTOCYST; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84887321105     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.06.003     Document Type: Review

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