Transgenerational Epigenetics

Transgenerational Epigenetics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Tollefsbol, Trygve O ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic; Histone modification; Inheritance; Non coding RNA; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903243990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-405944-3.00001-5     Document Type: Chapter

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