Male-mediated developmental toxicity

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-88

  Anderson, Diana ^a   Schmid, Thomas E ^b   Baumgartner, Adolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

genetic and epigenetic effects; human exposure to chemicals and radiation; male mediated animal studies; paternal exposure to chemicals and radiation

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DISASTER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE MEDIATED DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PATERNAL SMOKING; PROGENY; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; FATHERS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOSAICISM; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; RATS; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84891928315     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.122342     Document Type: Review

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