Application of the LUminometric Methylation Assay to ecological species: Tissue quality requirements and a survey of DNA methylation levels in animals

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 943-952

  Head, Jessica A ^a   Mittal, Krittika ^a   Basu, Niladri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA quality; Epigenetics; LUminometric Methylation Assay; Methods; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANOLIS; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; AVES; CARASSIUS AURATUS; COTURNIX JAPONICA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GALLUS GALLUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA VISON; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; REPTILIA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; SQUAMATA; URSUS MARITIMUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

CYTOSINE; DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; PRESERVATION; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; LIVER; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905968025     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12244     Document Type: Article

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