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Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of bovine clones derived from the same donor cells

Kaneda Masahiro , Watanabe Shinya , Hirako Makoto , Akagi Satoshi , Kiefer Helene , Jouneau Luc , Martin-Magniette Marie-Laure , Balzergue Sandrine , Nagai Takashi

Introduction: What is nature versus nurture? To what extent do genetic inheritance and non-genetic factors contribute to one’s character? This is one of the oldest issues in psychology. To answer this historic question, cloned animals are good models because they have identical genetic information to the donors. Previous studies indicated that cloned animals showed different coat color patterns, noseprints and characters compared to the donors. However, no molecular work ...