Phenotype-environment mismatch due to epigenetic inheritance? Programming the offspring's epigenome and the consequences of migration

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 318-328

  Willführ, Kai P ^a   Myrskylä, Mikko ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIGRATION; PATERNAL AGE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEBEC; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84876709404     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22362     Document Type: Article

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