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High-fat diet-induced and genetically inherited obesity differentially alters DNA methylation profile in the germline of adult male rats
19 Nov 2020
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Paternal obesity has been associated with reduced live birth rates. It could lead to inheritance of metabolic disturbances to the offspring through epigenetic mechanisms. However, obesity is a multifactorial disorder with genetic or environmental causes. Earlier we had demonstrated differential effects of high-fat diet-induced obesity (DIO) and genetically inherited obesity (GIO) on metabolic,...
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