Publication Date:
2014-02-06
Description:
Article Genetically identical twins provide a valuable resource to identify epigenetic factors associated with complex traits. Here the authors adopt this approach and find that differential methylation of the pain gene TRPA1 is associated with pain sensitivity in humans. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms3978 Authors: J.T. Bell, A.K. Loomis, L.M. Butcher, F. Gao, B. Zhang, C.L. Hyde, J. Sun, H. Wu, K. Ward, J. Harris, S. Scollen, M.N. Davies, L.C. Schalkwyk, J. Mill, F.M.K. Williams, N. Li, P. Deloukas, S. Beck, S.B. McMahon, J. Wang, S.L. John, T.D. Spector
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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