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Transgenerational impaired male fertility with an Igf2 epigenetic defect in the rat are induced by the endocrine disruptor p,p'-DDE
3 Sept 2014
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STUDY QUESTION: What are the epigenetic mechanisms underlying the transgenerational effect of p,p'-DDE on male fertility? SUMMARY ANSWER: Impaired male fertility with an Igf2 epigenetic defect is transgenerationally inherited upon exposure of p,p'-DDE. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: p,p'-Dichlorodiphenoxydichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) is one of the primary metabolite products of the ancestral organochlorine pesticide...
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