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ArticleGenome biology2012

Birds do it, bees do it, worms and ciliates do it too: DNA methylation from unexpected corners of the tree of life.

Soojin Yi

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Article in Genome biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Putting DNA methylation in context: from genomes to gene expression in plants.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms · 2017
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  15. DNA Methylation in Basal Metazoans: Insights from Ctenophores.Integrative and comparative biology · 2015
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  16. Genome and transcriptome of the regeneration-competent flatworm, Macrostomum lignano.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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  18. Epigenetics, Darwin, and Lamarck.Genome biology and evolution · 2015
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  19. The relative ages of eukaryotes and akaryotes.Journal of molecular evolution · 2014
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  20. The allure of the epigenome.Genome biology · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Soojin Yi

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies describing intricate patterns of DNA methylation in nematode and ciliate are controversial due to the uncertainty of genomic evolutionary conservation of DNA methylation enzymes.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationAnimalsCytosineDNADNA, ProtozoanHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingOxytrichaSequence Analysis, DNATrichinella spiralisCytosineDNADNA, Protozoan

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PMID23075474
PMCPMC3491401

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