Exposure to Stress Even Before Conception Causes Genetic Changes to Offspring
Monday, July 8, 2013 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
A female's exposure to distress even before she conceives causes changes in the expression of a gene linked to the stress mechanism in the body -- in the ovum and later in the brains of the offspring from when they are born, according to a new study on rats conducted by the University of Haifa.