Germline DNA methylation in reef corals: Patterns and potential roles in response to environmental change

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1895-1904

  Dimond, James L ^a   Roberts, Steven B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; coral; DNA methylation; epigenetics

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GERM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84959307310     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13414     Document Type: Article

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