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Epigenetics and the environment: emerging patterns and implications

Nature Reviews Genetics · 2012 · Vol. 13(2) · pp. 97–109

Robert Feil✉(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)Mario F. Fraga(Centro Nacional de Biotecnología)

Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Educational Methods and Impacts Child Development and Digital TechnologyEpigeneticsBiologyDNA methylationEpigenesisChromatinDiseasePhenotypeEpigenomicsGeneticsEvolutionary biology

MeSH terms

AnimalsEnvironmentHumansPhenotypePlantsEpigenesis, GeneticGene-Environment Interaction

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Ligue Contre le Cancer
Institut National Du Cancer
Institute of Cancer Research

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1,891

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