Epigenetic variation in monozygotic twins: A genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation in buccal cells

Genes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 347-365

  van Dongen, Jenny ^a   Ehli, Erik A ^b,c   Slieker, Roderick C ^d   Bartels, Meike ^a   Weber, Zachary M ^b   Davies, Gareth E ^b,c   Slagboom, P Eline ^d   Heijmans, Bastiaan T ^d   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Avera Institute for Human Genetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buccal epithelium; Children; Cytosine; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Genome wide methylation; Illumina 450k; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84900510820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes5020347     Document Type: Article

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