Human transgenerational responses to early-life experience: Potential impact on development, health and biomedical research

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 590-595

  Pembrey, Marcus ^a,b   Saffery, Richard ^c,d   Bygren, Lars Olov ^e,f   Carstensen, John ^g   Edvinsson, Sören ^f   Faresjö, Tomas ^g   Franks, Paul ^f,h,i   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^e,j   Kaati, Gunnar ^e   Lindahl, B I B ^k   Ludvigsson, Johnny ^g   Lumey, L H ^l   Modin, Bitte ^k   Nilsson, Hans ^g   Sjöström, Michael ^e   Tinghög, Petter ^e   Vågerö, Denny ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY DIABETES CENTRE   (Sweden)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j University of Houston   (United States)

^k STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 84907101993     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2014-102333     Document Type: Article

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