Epigenomics and the concept of degeneracy in biological systems

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 191-202

  Maleszka, Ryszard ^a   Mason, Paul H ^c   Barron, Andrew B ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic code; Histone modifications; Honey bee; Pluripotentiality; Redundancy; Robustness; Social insect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME; HISTONE MODIFICATION; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EPIGENOMICS; GENOME; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84901418461     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elt050     Document Type: Article

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