The role of DNA methylation on Octopus vulgaris development and their perspectives

DNA methylation is a common regulator of gene expression and development in mammalian and other vertebrate genomes. DNA methylation has been studied so far in a few bivalve mollusk species, finding a wide spectrum of levels. We focused our study in the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, an important...

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Main Authors: Eva eDíaz-Freije, Camino eGestal, Sheila eCastellanos-Martínez, Paloma eMorán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00062/full