Epigenetic patterns maintained in early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos can be established by gene activity in the parental germ cells.
Epigenetic information, such as parental imprints, can be transmitted with genetic information from parent to offspring through the germ line. Recent reports show that histone modifications can be transmitted through sperm as a component of this information transfer. How the information that is tran...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-06-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3111476?pdf=render |