Temperature Shift Alters DNA Methylation and Histone Modification Patterns in Gonadal Aromatase (cyp19a1) Gene in Species with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination

Yuiko Matsumoto; Brette Hannigan; David Crews

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167362

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Temperature Shift Alters DNA Methylation and Histone Modification Patterns in Gonadal Aromatase (cyp19a1) Gene in Species with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination

Yuiko Matsumoto ,

* E-mail: y_matsumoto@utexas.edu

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3316-9772

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Brette Hannigan,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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David Crews

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Temperature Shift Alters DNA Methylation and Histone Modification Patterns in Gonadal Aromatase (cyp19a1) Gene in Species with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination

Yuiko Matsumoto,
Brette Hannigan,
David Crews

Published: November 30, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167362

About the Authors

Yuiko Matsumoto

* E-mail: y_matsumoto@utexas.edu

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3316-9772

Brette Hannigan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

David Crews

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YM. Formal analysis: YM. Funding acquisition: DC. Investigation: YM BH. Methodology: YM. Validation: YM DC. Writing – review & editing: YM DC.

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