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Impact of assisted reproduction, infertility, sex and paternal factors on the placental DNA methylome
17 Sept 2018
Abstract excerpt
Children conceived using Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) have a higher incidence of growth and birth defects, attributable in part to epigenetic perturbations. Both ART and germline defects associated with parental infertility could interfere with epigenetic reprogramming events in germ cells or early embryos. Mouse models indicate that the placenta is more susceptible to the induction of epigenetic...
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