Epigenetic mechanisms and the mismatch concept of the developmental origins of health and disease.

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There is now considerable evidence that elements of the heritable or familial component of disease susceptibility are transmitted by nongenomic means, and that environmental influences acting during early development shape disease risk in later life. The underlying mechanisms are thought to involve epigenetic modifications in nonimprinted genes induced by aspects of the developmental environment, which modify...

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