Environmental epigenetic transgenerational inheritance and somatic epigenetic mitotic stability
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The majority of environmental factors can not modify DNA sequence, but can influence the epigenome. The mitotic stability of the epigenome and ability of environmental epigenetics to influence phenotypic variation and disease, suggests environmental epigenetics will have a critical role in disease etiology and biological areas such as evolutionary biology. The current review presents the molecular basis of how environment can promote stable epigenomes and modified phenotypes, and distinguishes the difference between epigenetic transgenerational inheritance through the germ line versus somatic cell mitotic stability.
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- Authors
- Skinner, M. K.
- Affiliations
- Washington State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Michael K. Skinner
- ORCID
- Michael K. Skinner
- Venue
- Epigenetics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-07
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 838-842
- ISSN
- 1559-2294 (ISSN-L)
- 1559-2308
- PMC
- PMC5703187
- OpenAlex
- W77534247
- Cited by
- 368
- References
- 20
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- FWCI
- 11.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Epigenetics (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01ES012974)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
- Keywords
- environmental epigenetics, transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, mitotic stability, phenotypic variability, etiology, evolutionary biology
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Environmental Pollutants, Humans, Mitosis, Phenotype, DNA Methylation, Heredity, Epigenesis, Genetic
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