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Non-imprinted epigenetics in fetal and postnatal development and growth.
Nestle Nutrition Institute workshop series - 1 Jan 2013
Godfrey Keith M, Lillycrop Karen A, Burdge Graham C, Gluckman Peter D, Hanson Mark A
Abstract excerpt
Recent evidence demonstrates that the environment in early life can have important effects on fetal and postnatal growth, on development and on risk of developing common non-communicable diseases in later life. In animals, the environment during early life induces altered phenotypes in ways which are influenced or mediated by epigenetic mechanisms. The latter include DNA methylation, covalent modifications of...
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