Research Paper Volume 4, Issue 7 pp 509—520

Space/Population and Time/Age in DNA methylation variability in humans: a study on IGF2/H19 locus in different Italian populations and in mono- and di-zygotic twins of different age

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Figure 3. Methylation variation in cohort 2.

The twins cohort was divided in 4 age classes (20-45, 46-60, 61-75, 76-97). Mean methylation values and the corresponding standard deviation for the 4 analyzed amplicons (IGF2AS, IGF2_shore, IGF2_island and H19) are reported for each age-class.