Famine leaves mark for two generations.

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  • Author(s): thomson, Helen
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 7/19/2014, Vol. 223 Issue 2978, p01-01. 1p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ETIOLOGY of diabetes; OBESITY genetics; GENETIC correlations; MALNUTRITION in pregnancy; METHYL groups
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses a study conducted by Anne Ferguson-Smith and others at the University of Cambridge in England that found undernourishment during pregnancy may lead to diabetes and obesity in the subsequent two generations. Topics include how the study was published in the journal "Science," the role that epigenetic inheritance may play in this process, and the influence of environmental stresses on methyl chemical groups in DNA.