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Epigenetic heredity: RNA-mediated modes of phenotypic variation.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Apr 2015
Rassoulzadegan Minoo, Cuzin François
Abstract excerpt
In addition to the Mendelian mutations, several instances of heritable phenotypic variation have been reported. We have observed, in mice, a role for sperm RNAs in the induction of such stable phenotypic variation. When experimentally transferred by RNA microinjection into fertilized mouse eggs, the noncoding RNAs homologous in sequence to the target locus are efficient inducers of variation at the...
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