Epigenetics in radiation biology: a new research frontier.

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Published in Front Genet on April 04, 2013

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Matt Merrifield1, Olga Kovalchuk

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1: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge Lethbridge, AB, Canada.

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