Epigenetic estimation of age in humpback whales

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 976-987

  Polanowski, Andrea M ^a   Robbins, Jooke ^b   Chandler, David ^c   Jarman, Simon N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Cetacean; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Population

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA;

CYTOSINE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMPBACK WHALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; HUMPBACK WHALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84905964638     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12247     Document Type: Article

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