Ovarian dysfunction following prenatal exposure to an insecticide, chlordecone, associates with altered epigenetic features

Ovarian dysfunction following prenatal exposure to an insecticide, chlordecone, associates with altered epigenetic features

Abstract Chlordecone (CD) is an insecticide that was used in the French West Indies for several years to control the banana root borer pest. Given its nonsignificant degradation, it persists in the environment. CD is a carcinogenic compound with reproductive and developmental toxicity and is a recog...

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Main Authors: Louis Legoff, Ouzna Dali, Shereen Cynthia D’Cruz, Antonio Suglia, Aurore Gely-Pernot, Chloé Hémery, Pierre-Yves Kernanec, Abbassia Demmouche, Christine Kervarrec, Sergei Tevosian, Luc Multigner, Fatima Smagulova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Epigenetics & Chromatin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13072-019-0276-7

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