The Agouti mouse: A biosensor for environmental epigenomics studies investigating the developmental origins of health and disease

Epigenomics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 447-450

  Jirtle, Randy L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avymouse; diet; DNA methylation; environmental epigenomics; epigenetics; parity

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI MOUSE; BIOSENSOR; BREEDING; DNA METHYLATION; EDITORIAL; EPIGENETICS; EXPOSURE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; SKIN COLOR; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAIR COLOR; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGOUTI;

AGOUTI PROTEIN;

AGOUTI SIGNALING PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BREEDING; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAIR COLOR; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84913620116     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.14.58     Document Type: Editorial

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