Environmentally induced paternal epigenetic inheritance and its effects on offspring health
Increasing evidences indicate that chronic diseases in offspring may be the result of ancestral environmental exposures. Exposures to environmental compounds in windows of epigenetic susceptibility have been shown to promote epigenetic alterations that can be inherited between generations. DNA methy...
Main Authors: | Zheng-Hui Zhao, Heide Schatten, Qing-Yuan Sun |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
2017-01-01
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Series: | Reproductive and Developmental Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.repdevmed.org/article.asp?issn=2096-2924;year=2017;volume=1;issue=2;spage=89;epage=99;aulast=Zhao |
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