Editorial: Heredity 2.0: The epigenetics effect

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 117-124

  Meloni, Maurizio ^a  

^a School of Social Science Office W315   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGENERATION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME; HEREDITY; INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 84929251686     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2015.1036156     Document Type: Review

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