By Dr Neil Alexander Youngson

Journal articles

Youngson NA; Vickaryous N; Van Der Horst A; Epp T; Harten S; Fleming JS; Khanna KK; De Kretser DM; Whitelaw E, 2011, 'A missense mutation in the transcription factor Foxo3a causes teratomas and oocyte abnormalities in mice', Mammalian Genome, 22, pp. 235 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00335-011-9317-7

Youngson NA; Whitelaw E, 2011, 'The effects of acquired paternal obesity on the next generation', Asian Journal of Andrology, 13, pp. 195 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/aja.2010.163

Youngson NA; Chong S; Whitelaw E, 2011, 'Gene silencing is an ancient means of producing multiple phenotypes from the same genotype: Common mechanisms and functions in epigenetic processes can be seen throughout all life forms', BioEssays, 33, pp. 95 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201000122

Tierling S; Gasparoni G; Youngson N; Paulsen M, 2009, 'The Begain gene marks the centromeric boundary of the imprinted region on mouse chromosome 12', Mammalian Genome, 20, pp. 699 - 710, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00335-009-9205-6

Li X; Ito M; Zhou F; Youngson N; Zuo X; Leder P; Ferguson-Smith AC, 2008, 'A Maternal-Zygotic Effect Gene, Zfp57, Maintains Both Maternal and Paternal Imprints', Developmental Cell, 15, pp. 547 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2008.08.014

Youngson NA; Whitelaw E, 2008, 'Transgenerational epigenetic effects', Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, 9, pp. 233 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.genom.9.081307.164445

Chong S; Youngson NA; Whitelaw E, 2007, 'Heritable germline epimutation is not the same as transgenerational epigenetic inheritance [5]', Nature Genetics, 39, pp. 574 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng0507-574

Chong S; Vickaryous N; Ashe A; Zamudio N; Youngson N; Hemley S; Stopka T; Skoultchi A; Matthews J; Scott HS; De Kretser D; O'Bryan M; Blewitt M; Whitelaw E, 2007, 'Modifiers of epigenetic reprogramming show paternal effects in the mouse', Nature Genetics, 39, pp. 614 - 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng2031

Youngson NA; Kocialkowski S; Peel N; Ferguson-Smith AC, 2005, 'A small family of sushi-class retrotransposon-derived genes in mammals and their relation to genomic imprinting', Journal of Molecular Evolution, 61, pp. 481 - 490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00239-004-0332-0

Seitz H; Royo H; Lin SP; Youngson N; Ferguson-Smith AC; Cavaillé J, 2004, 'Imprinted small RNA genes', Biological Chemistry, 385, pp. 905 - 911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/BC.2004.118

Ferguson-Smith AC; Lin SP; Youngson N, 2004, 'Regulation of Gene Activity and Repression: A Consideration of Unifying Themes', Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 60, pp. 197 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0070-2153(04)60006-8

Cavaille J; Seitz H; Royo HLN; Lin * S-P; Youngson * N; Ferguson-Smith * AC, 2004, 'Imprinted microRNA genes at the mouse Dlk1-GTl2 domain.', GBM Annual Fall meeting M�nster 2004, 2004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1240/sav_gbm_2004_h_000626

Lin SP; Youngson N; Takada S; Seitz H; Reik W; Paulsen M; Cavaille J; Ferguson-Smith AC, 2003, 'Asymmetric regulation of imprinting on the maternal and paternal chromosomes at the Dlk1-Gtl2 imprinted cluster on mouse chromosome 12', Nature Genetics, 35, pp. 97 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng1233

Seitz H; Youngson N; Lin SP; Dalbert S; Paulsen M; Bachellerie JP; Ferguson-Smith AC; Cavaillé J, 2003, 'Imprinted microRNA genes transcribed antisense to a reciprocally imprinted retrotransposon-like gene', Nature Genetics, 34, pp. 261 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng1171

Ferguson-Smith A; Lin SP; Tsai CE; Youngson N; Tevendale M, 2003, 'Genomic imprinting - Insights from studies in mice', Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 14, pp. 43 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1084-9521(02)00171-4

Paulsen M; Takada S; Youngson NA; Benchaib M; Charlier C; Segers K; Georges M; Ferguson-Smith AC, 2001, 'Comparative sequence analysis of the imprinted Dlk1-Gtl2 locus in three mammalian species reveals highly conserved genomic elements and refines comparison with the Igf2-H19 region', Genome Research, 11, pp. 2085 - 2094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gr.206901

Meiklejohn DJ; Riches Z; Youngson N; Vicker MA, 2000, 'The contribution of factor VII gene polymorphisms to longevity in Scottish nonagenarians', Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 83, pp. 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1613854

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