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Emma Whitelaw is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia. Their research contributions include work in pediatric endocrinology, with a focus on developmental biology and epigenetic mechanisms influencing health outcomes in childhood.

One of the recent papers by Emma Whitelaw is titled Child health, developmental plasticity, and epigenetic programming, published in 2023 in the Yearbook of pediatric endocrinology. This publication explores how early developmental processes can impact long-term health through epigenetic programming.

Emma Whitelaw has collaborated with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ze'ev Hochberg
  • Robert Feil
  • Miguel Constância
  • Mario F. Fraga
  • Claudine Junien

The primary publication venue for Emma Whitelaw's recent work is the Yearbook of pediatric endocrinology.

Best Publications

  • Epigenetic inheritance at the agouti locus in the mouse.

    Hugh D. Morgan;Heidi G.E. Sutherland;David I.K. Martin;Emma Whitelaw

  • Repeat-induced gene silencing in mammals.

    David Garrick;Steven Fiering;David I.K. Martin;Emma Whitelaw

  • Understanding transgenerational epigenetic inheritance via the gametes in mammals

    Lucia Daxinger;Emma Whitelaw

  • Transgenerational inheritance of epigenetic states at the murine AxinFu allele occurs after maternal and paternal transmission

    Vardhman K. Rakyan;Suyinn Chong;Marnie E. Champ;Peter C. Cuthbert

  • Transgenerational Epigenetic Effects

    Neil A Youngson;Emma Whitelaw

  • Metastable epialleles in mammals

    Vardhman K Rakyan;Marnie E Blewitt;Riki Druker;Jost I Preis

  • Retrotransposons as epigenetic mediators of phenotypic variation in mammals.

    Emma Whitelaw;David I.K. Martin

  • Season of Conception in Rural Gambia Affects DNA Methylation at Putative Human Metastable Epialleles

    Robert A. Waterland;Richard Kellermayer;Eleonora Laritsky;Pura Rayco-Solon

  • Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

    Gergely Torda;Jennifer M. Donelson;Manuel Aranda;Daniel J. Barshis

  • SmcHD1, containing a structural-maintenance-of-chromosomes hinge domain, has a critical role in X inactivation.

    Marnie E Blewitt;Anne-Valerie Gendrel;Zhenyi Pang;Duncan B Sparrow

  • Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: More questions than answers

    Lucia Daxinger;Emma Whitelaw

  • Maternal ethanol consumption alters the epigenotype and the phenotype of offspring in a mouse model.

    Nina Kaminen-Ahola;Arttu Ahola;Arttu Ahola;Murat Maga;Kylie-Ann Mallitt

  • Epigenetic germline inheritance.

    Suyinn Chong;Emma Whitelaw

  • Dynamic Reprogramming of DNA Methylation at an Epigenetically Sensitive Allele in Mice

    Marnie E Blewitt;Nicola K Vickaryous;Andras Paldi;Haruhiko Koseki

  • Alpha-thalassaemia caused by a poly(A) site mutation reveals that transcriptional termination is linked to 3' end processing in the human alpha 2 globin gene.

    E Whitelaw;N Proudfoot

  • The marks, mechanisms and memory of epigenetic states in mammals.

    Vardhman K. Rakyan;Jost Preis;Hugh D. Morgan;Emma Whitelaw

  • Redistribution of H3K27me3 upon DNA hypomethylation results in de-repression of Polycomb target genes

    James P Reddington;Sara M Perricone;Colm E Nestor;Colm E Nestor;Judith Reichmann

  • How lifetimes shape epigenotype within and across generations

    Nadia C. Whitelaw;Emma Whitelaw

  • Epigenetic mechanisms in the context of complex diseases.

    J. van Vliet;N. A. Oates;E. Whitelaw

  • To be or not to be active: the stochastic nature of enhancer action.

    Steve Fiering;Emma Whitelaw;David I.K. Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

David I. K. Martin
David I. K. Martin UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Moira K O'Bryan
Moira K O'Bryan University of Melbourne
Vardhman K. Rakyan
Vardhman K. Rakyan Queen Mary University of London
John J. McGrath
John J. McGrath Aarhus University
Carol Wicking
Carol Wicking University of Queensland
Darryl W. Eyles
Darryl W. Eyles University of Queensland
Hamish S. Scott
Hamish S. Scott University of Adelaide
Richard R. Meehan
Richard R. Meehan University of Edinburgh
Brandon J. Wainwright
Brandon J. Wainwright University of Queensland
David L. Duffy
David L. Duffy QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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