DNA methylation is a major epigenetic modification in the genomes of higher eukaryotes. In
vertebrates, DNA methylation occurs predominantly on the CpG dinucleotide, and …

Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is a multisubunit protein complex essential for the
development of multicellular organisms. Recruitment of PRC2 to target genes, followed by …

Chromatin structure is intimately connected with gene expression and cell identity. Here we
review recent advances in the field and discuss how establishment of cell identity during …

CpG methylation in vertebrates correlates with alterations in chromatin structure and gene
silencing 1, 2, 3, 4. Differences in DNA-methylation status are associated with imprinting …

To explore the origins and consequences of tetraploidy in the African clawed frog, we sequenced
the Xenopus laevis genome and compared it to the related diploid X. tropicalis genome…

Stimulated by the finding (Kawachi et al., 1997) that social capital in communities may
mediate the relationship between income inequality and health status, this article describes …

… Gerry Veenstra is financially supported by a Senior Scholar career investigator award from
the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (2007-2012). Access to the master file of …

In this article, we report on qualitative findings pertaining to low-income people's perceptions
of and responses to “poverty stigma,” a key component of social exclusion with important …

This article examines the degree to which relationships between social capital and health
are embedded in local geographical contexts and influenced by demographic factors, socio-…

… Taken together with the finding that all of trust, voluntary and civic participation were unrelated
to self-rated health status in the individual-level survey in eight districts (Veenstra, 2000), …