Vol. 87, No. 1, SPECIAL SECTION: Epigenetics, Child Behavior and Development: Unraveling the Gene-Environment Interaction (JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016), pp. 29-37 (9 pages) Epigenetics provides the ...
All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics—meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...
Erica L. Smearman, Gene H. Brody, Jessica M. Sales, Kerry J. Ressler, Lynn M. Almli, Karen N. Conneely, Bekh Bradley and Alicia K. Smith Childhood abuse can alter biological systems and increase risk ...
Adding evidence to the importance of early development, a new study links neutral maternal behavior toward infants with an epigenetic change in children related to stress response. Epigenetics are ...
Scientists from the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), say they have identified an epigenetic signature associated to the development ...
Exposure to famine and prenatal exposure to famine has been consistently linked to a variety of health problems including greater risk of obesity, diabetes, schizophrenia, and reduced lifespan, ...