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Sharma A. Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance requires a much deeper analysis. Trends Mol Med. 2015;21(5):269-70doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2015.02.010.
Sharma, A. (2015). Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance requires a much deeper analysis. Trends in molecular medicine, 21(5), 269-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2015.02.010
Sharma, Abhay. "Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance requires a much deeper analysis." Trends in molecular medicine vol. 21,5 (2015): 269-70. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2015.02.010
Sharma A. Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance requires a much deeper analysis. Trends Mol Med. 2015 May;21(5):269-70. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2015.02.010. Epub 2015 Mar 17. PMID: 25795540.
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Trends Mol Med. 2015 May;21(5):269-70. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2015.02.010. Epub 2015 Mar 17.

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance requires a much deeper analysis.

Trends in molecular medicine

Abhay Sharma

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  1. CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Sukhdev Vihar, Mathura Road, New Delhi 110025, India. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25795540 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2015.02.010

Abstract

In his article, Szyf [1] has addressed the key challenges in and the controversies surrounding nongenetic inheritance. However, crucial findings that are important to counter two major criticisms held against transgenerational inheritance, especially in mammals--namely epigenetic memory survival across generations, and soma-to-germline transfer of heritable information--need additional discussion. Given the far-reaching implications of nongenetic inheritance on the one hand, and the skepticisms about its existence on the other, it is important that the advances concerned are examined deeply. The following discussion fills the gap left by Szyf [1] and provides an integrated perspective.

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Keywords: DNA methylation; epigenetic memory; exosome; histone modification; noncoding RNA; systems biology

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