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Genetic and environmental influences interact with age and sex in shaping the human methylome

The methylome is subject to genetic and environmental effects. Their impact may depend on sex and age, resulting in sex- and age-related physiological variation and disease susceptibility. Here we estimate the total heritability of DNA methylation levels in whole blood and estimate the variance expl...

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Autores principales: van Dongen, Jenny, Nivard, Michel G., Willemsen, Gonneke, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Helmer, Quinta, Dolan, Conor V., Ehli, Erik A., Davies, Gareth E., van Iterson, Maarten, Breeze, Charles E., Beck, Stephan, Suchiman, H. Eka, Jansen, Rick, van Meurs, Joyce B., Heijmans, Bastiaan T., Slagboom, P. Eline, Boomsma, Dorret I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4820961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11115