Lifestyle in the sperm: There is growing evidence that epigenetic marks can be inherited. but what is the nature of the information they store and over how many generations do they prevail?

EMBO Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1233-1237

  Weigmann, Katrin ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; UNTRANSLATED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FERTILIZATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRANDCHILD; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFESTYLE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SPERM; SPERM QUALITY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84915760418     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201439759     Document Type: Article

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