Extensive experimental animal studies and epidemiological observations have shown that
environmental influences during early development affect the risk of later pathophysiological …

Many forms of developmental plasticity have been observed and these are usually
beneficial to the organism. The Predictive Adaptive Response (PAR) hypothesis refers to a …

It is known that information that is not contained in the DNA sequence—epigenetic
information—can be inherited from the parent to the offspring. However, many questions …

This manuscript summarizes the proceedings of the symposium entitled,“Stress, Palatable
Food and Reward”, that was chaired by Drs. Linda Rinaman and Yvonne Ulrich-Lai at the …

Biology presents many wonders, but one of the most remarkable is how a complex
multicellular organism grows from a single cell. Until recently, the processes involved …

As we enter the 21st century, a new era of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of
disease emerges. Clinical nutrition involves the integration of diet, genetics, environment …

Inheritance—the influence of ancestors on the phenotypes of their descendants—translates
natural selection into evolutionary change. For the past century, inheritance has been …

Mammalian experiments provide clear evidence of male line transgenerational effects on
health and development from paternal or ancestral early-life exposures such as diet or …

The incidence of obesity and overweight has reached epidemic proportions in the
developed world as well as in those countries transitioning to first world economies, and this …

BACKGROUND The subject of epigenetic risk of assisted reproduction treatment (ART),
initiated by reports on an increase of children with the Beckwith–Wiedemann imprinting …