| Literature DB >> 27120443 |
Erica D Watson1, Joanna Rakoczy1.
Abstract
How maternal diet influences offspring metabolism is unclear, as it is difficult to distinguish between the effects of the in utero environment and epigenetic factors contributed by the oocyte. In a mouse model of high-fat diet, a new study teases apart these mechanisms by using in vitro fertilization and shows that susceptibility of offspring to metabolic disorder can likely be attributed to epigenetic inheritance via the oocyte.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27120443 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3554
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330