Epigenetics and developmental programming of welfare and production traits in farm animals
(2016)
Journal Article
Sinclair, K. D., Rutherford, K., Wallace, J., Brameld, J., Stöger, R., Alberio, R., …Dwyer, C. (in press). Epigenetics and developmental programming of welfare and production traits in farm animals. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 28(10), https://doi.org/10.1071/RD16102
The concept that postnatal health and development can be influenced by events that occur in utero originated from epidemiological studies in humans supported by numerous mechanistic (including epigenetic) studies in a variety of model species. Referr... Read More about Epigenetics and developmental programming of welfare and production traits in farm animals.