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Epigenetics: filling in the 'heritability gap' and identifying gene-environment interactions in ulcerative colitis

Eamonn MM Quigley

Genome Medicine 2012, 4:72 (27 September 2012)

Eamonn Quigley discusses the recent publication of a functional methylome map of ulcerative colitis; illustrating the role of gene and environment in this condition.

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