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Overview page. Subjects: Social Sciences — Arts and Humanities.
Many sociological and anthropological definitions exist, but most tend to privilege some combination of small-scale, relative boundedness, strong affective ties, traditionalism, and...
Comparative transcriptomic analysis of human placentae at term and preterm delivery
in Biology of Reproduction
January 2018; p ublished online December 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Reproduction, Growth and Development; Reproductive Medicine; Developmental Biology; Animal Reproduction. 6974 words.
Abstract
Preterm birth affects 1 out of every 10 infants in the United States, resulting in substantial neonatal morbidity and mortality. Currently, there are...
Bugs in the program: can pregnancy drugs and smoking disturb molecular reprogramming of the fetal germline, increasing heritable risk for autism and neurodevelopmental disorders?
in Environmental Epigenetics
P ublished online April 2018 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Molecular Biology and Genetics; Biological Sciences; Developmental Biology; Evolutionary Biology; Genetics and Genomics. 4239 words.
Abstract
In a seeming paradox, the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has surged, while at the same time research has pointed to the strong...
Does cross-generational epigenetic inheritance contribute to cultural continuity?
in Environmental Epigenetics
P ublished online April 2018 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Molecular Biology and Genetics; Biological Sciences; Developmental Biology; Evolutionary Biology; Genetics and Genomics. 6954 words.
Abstract
Human studies of cross-generational epigenetic inheritance have to consider confounding by social patterning down the generations, often referred to...
