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Maternal methyl supplements increase offspring DNA methylation at Axin Fused.
Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) - 1 Sept 2006
Waterland Robert A, Dolinoy Dana C, Lin Juan-Ru, Smith Charlotte A, Shi Xin, Tahiliani Kajal G
Abstract excerpt
Transient environmental exposures during mammalian development can permanently alter gene expression and metabolism by influencing the establishment of epigenetic gene regulatory mechanisms. The genomic characteristics that confer such epigenetic plasticity upon specific loci, however, have not been characterized. Methyl donor supplementation of female mice before and during pregnancy permanently increases DNA...
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