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Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of altered stress responses.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jun 2012
Crews David, Gillette Ross, Scarpino Samuel V, Manikkam Mohan, Savenkova Marina I, Skinner Michael K
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Ancestral environmental exposures have previously been shown to promote epigenetic transgenerational inheritance and influence all aspects of an individual's life history. In addition, proximate life events such as chronic stress have documented effects on the development of physiological, neural, and behavioral phenotypes in adulthood. We used a systems biology approach to investigate in male rats the...
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