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Embryonic environment and transgenerational effects in quail.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 26 Jan 2017
Leroux Sophie, Gourichon David, Leterrier Christine, Labrune Yann, Coustham Vincent, Rivière Sandrine, Zerjal Tatiana, Coville Jean-Luc, Morisson Mireille, Minvielle Francis, Pitel Frédérique
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BACKGROUND: Environmental exposures, for instance to chemicals, are known to impact plant and animal phenotypes on the long term, sometimes across several generations. Such transgenerational phenotypes were shown to be promoted by epigenetic alterations such as DNA methylation, an epigenetic mark involved in the regulation of gene expression. However, it is yet unknown whether transgenerational epigenetic...
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