Locus-specific DNA methylation prediction in cord blood and placenta

DNA methylation is known to be responsive to prenatal exposures, which may be a part of the mechanism linking early developmental exposures to future chronic diseases. Many studies use blood to measure DNA methylation, yet we know that DNA methylation is tissue specific. Placenta is central to fetal...

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Main Authors: Baoshan Ma, Catherine Allard, Luigi Bouchard, Patrice Perron, Murray A. Mittleman, Marie-France Hivert, Liming Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-04-01
Series:Epigenetics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2019.1588685