Epigenetic inheritance and evolution: A paternal perspective on dietary influences

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 79-85

  Soubry, Adelheid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diet; Epigenetics; Evolution; Paternal; Sperm; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATHER; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATHERS; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS;

EID: 84930542779     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.02.008     Document Type: Review

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