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Cohort Profile: The Peri/post-natal Epigenetic Twins Study
3 Oct 2011
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Although cells of an individual generally all have the same DNA, each cell type has a unique pattern of active (expressed) and inactive genes. These patterns are established or ‘programmed’ during early development by epigenetic modifications involving small molecules that bind to specific sites in DNA or DNA-packaging proteins (reviewed in Foley et al.1). The most stable and easily measured epigenetic mark is...
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