High-resolution analysis of cytosine methylation in ancient DNA.

Epigenetic changes to gene expression can result in heritable phenotypic characteristics that are not encoded in the DNA itself, but rather by biochemical modifications to the DNA or associated chromatin proteins. Interposed between genes and environment, these epigenetic modifications can be influe...

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Main Authors: Bastien Llamas, Michelle L Holland, Kefei Chen, Jennifer E Cropley, Alan Cooper, Catherine M Suter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3261890?pdf=render