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Germline Epigenetics

Germline Epigenetics is a specialized field within developmental epigenetics that investigates the establishment, maintenance, and transgenerational inheritance of epigenetic modifications specifically in germ cells during gametogenesis, distinguishing it from somatic epigenetic processes by its direct relevance to heritable genetic regulation and reproductive biology.

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Temporal and regional changes in DNA methylation in the embryonic, extraembryonic and germ cell lineages during mouse embryo development

Marilyn Monk, Michael Boubelı́k, Sigrid A. Lehnert · Development · 1987 · 1.1K citations

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piRNAs Can Trigger a Multigenerational Epigenetic Memory in the Germline of C. elegans

Alyson Ashe, Alexandra Sapetschnig, Eva‐Maria Weick et al. · Cell · 2012 · 801 citations · Full text

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A Unique Gene Regulatory Network Resets the Human Germline Epigenome for Development

Walfred W. C. Tang, Sabine Dietmann, Naoko Irie et al. · Cell · 2015 · 690 citations · Full text

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A nuclear Argonaute promotes multigenerational epigenetic inheritance and germline immortality

Bethany A. Buckley, Kirk B. Burkhart, Sam Guoping Gu et al. · Nature · 2012 · 558 citations · Full text

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Members of the H3K4 trimethylation complex regulate lifespan in a germline-dependent manner in C. elegans

Eric Lieberman Greer, Travis J. Maures, Anna G. Hauswirth et al. · Nature · 2010 · 549 citations · Full text

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    Michael K. Skinner

    Washington State University, United States

    14 publications · 1.8K citations

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    M. Azim Surani

    The Gurdon Institute, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Susan Strome

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    9 publications · 436 citations

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  4. EN
    Eric Nilsson

    Washington State University, United States

    7 publications · 993 citations

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    Mitinori Saitou

    Kyoto University, Japan

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

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  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    52 publications

    15.2K citations

  2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    4.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    67 publications

    4.6K citations

  4. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    14 h-index

    71 publications

    9.5K citations

  5. Washington State University

    Pullman, United States

    14 h-index

    60 publications

    7.9K citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    12 h-index

    44 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. The Gurdon Institute

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    42 publications

    15.8K citations

  8. Wellcome Trust

    London, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    37 publications

    13.9K citations

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  1. Development

    14 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Nature Communications

    14 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. eLife

    10 publications · 568 citations

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  5. Developmental Biology

    9 publications · 887 citations

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