A brief history of epigenetics

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Felsenfeld, Gary ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY;

EID: 84889068096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a018200     Document Type: Article

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