The use of epigenetic phenomena for the improvement of sheep and cattle

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Goddard, M E ^a,c   Whitelaw, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Environment and Primary Industries ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Epigenetics; Epimutations; Genetic improvement; Livestock; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; EPIGENETICS; EPIMUTATION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENOME IMPRINTING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; SHEEP;

EID: 84906267292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00247     Document Type: Article

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