Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: Focus on soma to germline information transfer

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 439-446

  Sharma, Abhay ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acquired characteristics; Epigenetic; Germline; Soma; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CARISOPRODOL; HORMONE; RNA;

ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIGENETIC; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GERMLINE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM; TRANSGENERATIONAL;

ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS; EPIGENETIC; GERMLINE; SOMA; TRANSGENERATIONAL;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GERM CELLS; HORMONES; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; RNA;

EID: 84888865520     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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