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A link between thrifty phenotype and maternal care across two generations of intercrossed mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Sauce Bruno, Goes Carolina P, Forti Isabela, O do Monte Bruno Gabriel, Watanabe Isabela M, Cunha Joao, Peripato Andrea C
Abstract excerpt
Maternal effects are causal influences from mother to offspring beyond genetic information, and have lifelong consequences for multiple traits. Previously, we reported that mice whose mothers did not nurse properly had low birth weight followed by rapid fat accumulation and disturbed development of some organs. That pattern resembles metabolic syndromes known collectively as the thrifty phenotype, which is...
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