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Beyond the genome—Towards an epigenetic understanding of handedness ontogenesis

Schmitz, Judith, Gerlinde A.S. Metz, Onur Güntürkün and Sebastian Ocklenburg. 2017. Beyond the genome—Towards an epigenetic understanding of...

Onur Güntürkün Onur Güntürkün

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Epigenetic Regulation of Lateralized Fetal Spinal Gene Expression Underlies Hemispheric Asymmetries

Ocklenburg, Sebastian, Judith Schmitz, Zahra Moinfar, Dirk Moser, Rena Klose, Stephanie Lor, Georg Kunz, Martin Tegenthoff, Pedro Faustmann,...

Onur Güntürkün Onur Güntürkün Robert Martin Robert Martin

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DNA methylation in candidate genes for handedness predicts handedness direction

Schmitz, Judith, Robert Kumsta, Dirk Moser, Onur Güntürkün and Sebastian Ocklenburg. 2018. DNA methylation in candidate genes for handedness...

Onur Güntürkün Onur Güntürkün

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Advancing the DOHaD agenda in Africa

MacNab, Andrew J., Abdallah S. Daar, S. Norris, and J. C. Pauw. 2018. Advancing the DOHaD agenda in Africa. Journal of Developmental Origins...

Abdallah Daar Abdallah Daar Andrew MacNab Andrew MacNab
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