Maternal diet as a modifier of offspring epigenetics

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 88-95

  Lillycrop, K A ^a   Burdge, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ageing; developmental origins of adult disease; DNA methylation; epigenetics; nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION;

ANIMALS; DIET; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84928189520     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174415000124     Document Type: Review

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