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Transgenerational inheritance of acquired epigenetic signatures at CpG islands in mice

Yuta Takahashi,M. Morales Valencia,13 作者,J. I. Izpisúa Belmonte

2023 · DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.12.047
Cell · 引用数 112

TLDR

It is demonstrated that DNA methylation of promoter-associated CpG islands (CGIs) can be transmitted from parents to their offspring in mice, and these observations provide a concrete step toward demonstrating transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in mammals.