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Sex differences in developmental programming models.
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 2013
Aiken Catherine E, Ozanne Susan E
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The theory of developmental programming suggests that diseases such as the metabolic syndrome may be 'programmed' by exposure to adverse stimuli during early development. The developmental programming literature encompasses the study of a wide range of suboptimal intrauterine environments in a variety of species and correlates these with diverse phenotypic outcomes in the offspring. At a molecular level, a large...
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