Evidence for transgenerational metabolic programming in Drosophila

• Main Authors: Jessica L. Buescher (Author), Laura P. Musselman (Author), Christina A. Wilson (Author), Tieming Lang (Author), Madeline Keleher (Author), Thomas J. Baranski (Author), Jennifer G. Duncan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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SUMMARY Worldwide epidemiologic studies have repeatedly demonstrated an association between prenatal nutritional environment, birth weight and susceptibility to adult diseases including obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Despite advances in mammalian model systems, the molecular me...