Hey moms! Keep it ~cool~ Pena et al. find that maternal exposure to prenatal stress alters HSD11B2 gene expression via DNA methylation in offspring - increasing risk of pre-term birth, reduced birth weight, and smaller head circumference. https://t.co/tEp
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If rats get stressed while pregnant it can change the genome of their offspring (called epigenetic effect). PLOS paper: http://t.co/RBgrscrk
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