Genome-wide DNA methylation variability in adolescent monozygotic twins followed since birth

Epigenetics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1410-1422

  Lévesque, Mélissa L ^a,b   Casey, Kevin F ^a   Szyf, Moshe ^c   Ismaylova, Elmira ^a,b   Ly, Victoria ^c   Verner, Marie Pier ^a,b   Suderman, Matthew ^c   Brendgen, Mara ^d   Vitaro, Frank ^b   Dionne, Ginette ^e   Boivin, Michel ^e,f   Tremblay, Richard E ^a,b,f,g   Booij, Linda ^a,b,c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Environment; Epigenetic; Monozygotic twins; Stability; State trait; Variability; Whole genome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; TIME; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84922067700     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/15592294.2014.970060     Document Type: Article

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