Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course

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DNA methylationMethylationBiologyEpigeneticsQuantitative trait locusGeneticsGenetic variationTraitGeneGene expression

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Year: 2016
Type: article
Volume: 17
Issue: 1
Pages: 61-61
Citations: 604
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                                    Tom R. Gaunt, 
                                
                                    Hashem A. Shihab, 
                                
                                    Gibran Hemani
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2016). 
                            Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course. 
                            Genome biology
                            , 17
                            (1)
                            , 61-61.
                            https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-0926-z
                        

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DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-0926-z