The ability of environmental factors to promote a phenotype or disease state not only in the
individual exposed but also in subsequent progeny for successive generations is termed …

Environmental exposures such as toxicants, nutrition and stress have been shown to
promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease susceptibility. Endocrine …

In Biocultural Creatures, Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with
findings in the life sciences to recuperate the category of the human for politics. Challenging …

Previous observations have demonstrated that embryonic exposure to the endocrine
disruptor vinclozolin during gonadal sex determination promotes transgenerational adult …

Captive breeding programs are increasingly being initiated to prevent the imminent
extinction of endangered species and/or populations. But how well can they conserve …

Endocrine disruptors have recently been shown to promote an epigenetic transgenerational
phenotype involving a number of disease states (eg male infertility). The anti-androgenic …

Environmental contamination by endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC) can have epigenetic
effects (by DNA methylation) on the germ line and promote disease across subsequent …

Environmental epigenetics has an important role in regulating phenotype formation or
disease etiology. The ability of environmental factors and exposures early in life to alter …

Objective Health or disease is shaped for all individuals by interactions between their genes
and environment. Exactly how the environment changes gene expression and how this can …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the environment have been linked to human
health and disease. This is particularly evident in compounds that mimic the effects of …