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Technology to the rescue: how to uncover the role of transposable elements in preimplantation development

Lauryn A Deaville1,2,3, Rebecca V Berrens1,2

  • 1Institute for Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, Oxford University, IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Dr, Oxford OX3 7TY, U.K.

Biochemical Society Transactions
|May 16, 2024
PubMed

Keywords:
epigeneticsgene regulationpreimplantation developmenttransposable elements

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