Epigenetics in radiation biology: a new research frontier
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Epigenetics in radiation biology: a new research frontier
The number of people that receive exposure to ionizing radiation (IR) via occupational, diagnostic, or treatment-related modalities is progressively rising. It is now accepted that the negative consequences of radiation exposure are not isolated to exposed cells or individuals. Exposure to IR can induce genome instability in the germline, and is further associated with transgenerational genomic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Genetics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1664-8021
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00040