Developmental programming in response to maternal overnutrition

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue JUNE, 2011, Pages

  Alfaradhi, Maria Z ^a   Ozanne, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental programming; Epigenetics; Maternal overnutrition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860243027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00027     Document Type: Article

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