Magazine article
The Case for Inheritance of Epigenetic Changes in Chromosomes
Scientific American, Vol.311(2), pp.44-51
2014
PMCID: PMC4330966
Abstract
Harmful chemicals, stress and other influences can permanently alter which genes are turned on without changing any of the genes’ code. Now, it appears, some of these “epigenetic” changes are passed down to—and may cause disease in—future generations
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- Title
- The Case for Inheritance of Epigenetic Changes in Chromosomes
- Creators
- Michael K Skinner (Author) - Washington State University, Biological Sciences, School of
- Publication Details
- Scientific American, Vol.311(2), pp.44-51
- Academic Unit
- Biological Sciences, School of
- Identifiers
- 99901084041201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article