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Developmental Origins of Health and Disease in swine: implications for animal production and biomedical research.
Theriogenology - 1 Jul 2016
Gonzalez-Bulnes A, Astiz S, Ovilo C, Lopez-Bote C J, Torres-Rovira L, Barbero A, Ayuso M, Garcia-Contreras C, Vazquez-Gomez M
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The concept of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) addresses, from a large set of epidemiological evidences in human beings and translational studies in animal models, both the importance of genetic predisposition and the determinant role of maternal nutrition during pregnancy on adult morphomics and homeostasis. Compelling evidences suggest that both overnutrition and undernutrition may modify...
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