Environmental epigenetics and effects on male fertility

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 791, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-81

  Guerrero Bosagna, Carlos ^a   Skinner, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA Methylation; Epigenetics; Epimutations; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DIOXIN; DNA; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; HISTONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; METHOXYCHLOR; PERMETHRIN; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; RHOX5 PROTEIN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 21; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DMRT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SF1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TESTIS;

EID: 84934444832     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7783-9_5     Document Type: Article

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