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Embryo number and periconceptional undernutrition in the sheep have differential effects on adrenal epigenotype, growth, and development.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 15 Jul 2014
Williams-Wyss Olivia, Zhang Song, MacLaughlin Severence M, Kleemann David, Walker Simon K, Suter Catherine M, Cropley Jennifer E, Morrison Janna L, Roberts Claire T, McMillen I Caroline
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to poor maternal nutrition around the time of conception results in an early prepartum activation of the fetal pituitary-adrenal axis and in increased adrenal growth and stress response after birth associated with epigenetic changes in a differentially methylated region (DMR) of adrenal...
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