Epigenome-wide association study for pesticide (Permethrin and DEET) induced DNA methylation epimutation biomarkers for specific transgenerational disease

Abstract Background Permethrin and N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) are the pesticides and insect repellent most commonly used by humans. These pesticides have been shown to promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease in rats. The current study was designed as an epigenome-wide...

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Main Authors: Jennifer L. M. Thorson, Daniel Beck, Millissia Ben Maamar, Eric E. Nilsson, Michael K. Skinner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Environmental Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-020-00666-y