Hypoxia causes transgenerational impairments in reproduction of fish
Hypoxia has diverse effects on aquatic life. Wang et al.show that reproductive defects resulting from hypoxia are epigenetically heritable in Japanese rice fish, and that this intergenerational inheritance is accompanied by differential methylation and gene expression in sperm.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2016-07-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12114 |