Disputing Lamarckian epigenetic inheritance in mammals

A recent study finds that changes to transcription and DNA methylation resulting from in utero exposure to environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals are not inherited across generations.

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Autor principal: Whitelaw, Emma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Highlight
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4375926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25853737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0626-0
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spelling pubmed-43759262015-03-28 Disputing Lamarckian epigenetic inheritance in mammals Whitelaw, Emma Genome Biol Research Highlight A recent study finds that changes to transcription and DNA methylation resulting from in utero exposure to environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals are not inherited across generations. BioMed Central 2015-03-27 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4375926/ /pubmed/25853737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0626-0 Text en © Whitelaw; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title_full Disputing Lamarckian epigenetic inheritance in mammals
title_fullStr Disputing Lamarckian epigenetic inheritance in mammals
title_full_unstemmed Disputing Lamarckian epigenetic inheritance in mammals
title_short Disputing Lamarckian epigenetic inheritance in mammals
title_sort disputing lamarckian epigenetic inheritance in mammals
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4375926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25853737
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