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[The Mechanisms of Transgenerational Inheritance and Their Potential Contribution to Human Phenotypes].
Genetika - 1 Mar 2016
Skoblov M Yu, Scobeyeva V A, Baranova A V
Abstract excerpt
As of today, classical genetics has already completed the majority of groundwork to describe the laws of inheritance, identify the causes of many human diseases, and dissect the mechanisms of transfer of genetic information from parents to offspring. However, recent studies indicate that inheritance of phenotypic traits may also occur through nongenetic factors, in particular, through epigenetic factors, that...
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