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Lidiya Luzhna1, Palak Kathiria, Olga Kovalchuk

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge Lethbridge, AB, Canada.

Frontiers in Genetics
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PubMed

Keywords:
DNA methylationchromosome-defectiveepigeneticsgenotoxicityhistonesmicronucleismall RNAs

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