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The Epigenome and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease synthesizes the existing knowledge on how the in utero environment could be the most important environment in shaping later risk for various diseases or to conversely promote the health of the offspring. The book mines the existing litera...
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Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128013830 |
| Summary: |
The Epigenome and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease synthesizes the existing knowledge on how the in utero environment could be the most important environment in shaping later risk for various diseases or to conversely promote the health of the offspring. The book mines the existing literature from a variety of disciplines from toxicology to nutrition to epigenetics to reveal how contrasting maternal in utero environmental changes might be leading to epigenetic convergence and the resulting deleterious phenotypic and physiological effects in our offspring. It is increasingly becomi |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780128016725 0128016728 |
| Index Number: | QH491 |
| CLC: | Q3 |