The relationship of DNA methylation with age, gender and genotype in twins and healthy controls
The relationship of DNA methylation with age, gender and genotype in twins and healthy controls
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
United States: Public Library of Science
Journal title
Language
English
Formats
Publication information
Publisher
United States: Public Library of Science
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Cytosine-5 methylation within CpG dinucleotides is a potentially important mechanism of epigenetic influence on human traits and disease. In addition to influences of age and gender, genetic control of DNA methylation levels has recently been described. We used whole blood genomic DNA in a twin set (23 MZ twin-pairs and 23 DZ twin-pairs, N = 92) as...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The relationship of DNA methylation with age, gender and genotype in twins and healthy controls
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
TN_cdi_plos_journals_1291080256
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1291080256
Other Identifiers
ISSN
1932-6203
E-ISSN
1932-6203
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0006767
