Experimental evidence needed to demonstrate inter- and trans-generational effects of ancestral experiences in mammals

BioEssays

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 919-923

  Dias, Brian G ^a,b   Ressler, Kerry J ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Inheritance; Non coding RNA; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETIC REPROGRAMMING; EPIGENETICS; EXPERIENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GERM CELL; INHERITANCE; INTERGENERATIONAL INHERITANCE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOMENOLOGY; TRANSGENERATIONAL INHERITANCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; MOUSE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MAMMALS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84908155687     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400105     Document Type: Note

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