Dynamics of DNA methylation in recent human and great ape evolution.

DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification involved in regulatory processes such as cell differentiation during development, X-chromosome inactivation, genomic imprinting and susceptibility to complex disease. However, the dynamics of DNA methylation changes between humans and their closest relat...

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Main Authors: Irene Hernando-Herraez, Javier Prado-Martinez, Paras Garg, Marcos Fernandez-Callejo, Holger Heyn, Christina Hvilsom, Arcadi Navarro, Manel Esteller, Andrew J Sharp, Tomas Marques-Bonet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3764194?pdf=render