Genetics and epigenetics of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

• मुख्य लेखक: Feng C Zhou (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Stephen Mason (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Genetics (non-medical); DNA Methylation; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; histone modification; Epigenetic medicine; Genomics; Alcoholism; transgenerational; Pregnancy drinking; FASD; Gene environmental interaction
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Women drinking during pregnancy can result in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), which may feature variable neurodevelopmental deficits, facial dysmorphology, growth retardation, and learning disabilities. Research suggests the human brain is precisely formed through an intrinsic, genetic-cellu...