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Sex differences in the intergenerational inheritance of metabolic traits.
Nature metabolism - 1 May 2022
Sandovici Ionel, Fernandez-Twinn Denise S, Hufnagel Antonia, Constância Miguel, Ozanne Susan E
Abstract excerpt
Strong evidence suggests that early-life exposures to suboptimal environmental factors, including those in utero, influence our long-term metabolic health. This has been termed developmental programming. Mounting evidence suggests that the growth and metabolism of male and female fetuses differ. Therefore, sexual dimorphism in response to pre-conception or early-life exposures could contribute to known sex...
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