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Prenatal maternal stress in rats alters the epigenetic and transcriptomic landscape of the maternal-fetal interface across four generations

King, Stephanie E., Schatz, Nicola A., Babenko, Olena, Ilnytskyy, Yaroslav, Kovalchuk, Igor, Metz, Gerlinde A. S.·2025·Communications Biology
DOI 10.1038/s42003-024-07444-3
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Authors
King, S. E., Schatz, N. A., Babenko, O., Ilnytskyy, Y., Kovalchuk, I., & Metz, G. A. S.
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Communications Biology
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2025-01-10
Volume
8
Issue
1
ISSN
2399-3642
DOI
10.1038/s42003-024-07444-3
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  • Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (363195)
  • Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (05628, 00031)

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