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Parental high-fat programming of offspring development, health and β-cells.
Islets - 1 Jan 2000
Cerf Marlon E
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Recent studies extend the concept of developmental and adaptive plasticity to include a paternal role in the programming of metabolic disease, including diabetes. Parents greatly influence the development and health of their offspring. Although genetic imprinting plays a major role in determining offspring health outcomes, non-genetic transmission is also a critical determinant. Programming by parental high-fat...
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