Epigenetics and inheritance of phenotype variation in livestock

Epigenetic inheritance plays a crucial role in many biological processes, such as gene expression in early embryo development, imprinting and the silencing of transposons. It has recently been established that epigenetic effects can be inherited from one generation to the next. Here, we review examp...

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Main Authors: Triantaphyllopoulos, Kostas A., Ikonomopoulos, Ioannis, Bannister, Andrew J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955263/