Integration of sperm ncRNA-directed DNA methylation and DNA methylation-directed histone retention in epigenetic transgenerational inheritance
Abstract Background Environmentally induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of pathology and phenotypic variation has been demonstrated in all organisms investigated from plants to humans. This non-genetic form of inheritance is mediated through epigenetic alterations in the sperm and/or eg...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Epigenetics & Chromatin |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-020-00378-0 |