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Epigenetics, Environment, and Genes
Author(s): Sun Woo Kang
- Publisher: Apple Academic Press
- Publication Date: 16 April 2013
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 334 pages
- ISBN-10: 1926895258
- ISBN-13: 9781926895253
Book Description
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.
Epigenetics is the study of DNA and chromatin modifications that play an important role in the regulation of various genomic functions. This important book reviews human and cellular data that underline paradoxical findings with respect to the contribution of heredity and environment to phenotype, followed by a reinterpretation of these experiments that incorporate epigenetic factors.
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About the Author
Sun Woo Kang, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology of the Department of Internal Medicine a the College of Medicine at Inje University, Korea. Dr. Kang earned his PhD and MD degrees at the Kyung Hee University Medical School in Seoul, Korea. He received a National Kidney Foundation Fellowship at the University of California at San Diego (Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine) in 2009–2010. He has received several research grants and has several years of clinical trial experience. He is also a published author and presenter at professional meetings.
