Environmental epigenetic inheritance through gametes and implications for human reproduction

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 194-208

  Wei, Yanchang ^a   Schatten, Heide ^b   Sun, Qing Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic inheritance; Gametes; Human reproduction; Non genetic diseases; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHROMATIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GAMETE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY; RATS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84923555788     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmu061     Document Type: Article

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