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Environmentally Induced Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Female Reproductive Pathology
Encyclopedia of Reproduction, pp.767-770
Elsevier Inc, Second Edition
2018
Abstract
Exposure to environmental factors such as toxicants can promote changes to the epigenetic make-up of germ cells which can lead to the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of increased incidences of ovarian disease and other reproductive abnormalities in subsequent generations of females.
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- Title
- Environmentally Induced Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Female Reproductive Pathology
- Creators
- Eric E. Nilsson - Washington State University, Biological Sciences, School ofMichael K. Skinner - Washington State University, Biological Sciences, School of
- Publication Details
- Encyclopedia of Reproduction, pp.767-770
- Academic Unit
- Biological Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Identifiers
- 99901083540201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Encyclopedia entry