Dynamic reprogramming of DNA methylation at an epigenetically sensitive allele in mice.

There is increasing evidence in both plants and animals that epigenetic marks are not always cleared between generations. Incomplete erasure at genes associated with a measurable phenotype results in unusual patterns of inheritance from one generation to the next, termed transgenerational epigenetic...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0020049