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Epigenetics and child health: basic principles.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Sept 2011
Groom A, Elliott H R, Embleton N D, Relton C L
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Epigenetic mechanisms are believed to play an important role in disease, development and ageing with early life representing a window of particular epigenomic plasticity. The knowledge upon which these claims are based is beginning to expand. This review summarises evidence pointing to the determinants of epigenetic patterns, their juxtaposition at the interface of the environment, their influence on gene...
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