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Showing posts with label epigenetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label epigenetics. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Can a father's stressful experiences affect his offspring's stress system?

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I am again indebted to my APDT students, who asked a very interesting question which turned into a blog post. This time it was: “Can a fathe...
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Monday, December 2, 2013

The epigenetics of fear

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I learned something new today about fearfulness, which it turns out has an even more complicated set of causes than I had previously known. ...
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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Links post

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The Slaughterhouse Problem: is a resolution in sight? (Food Politics): Overview of the slaughterhouse problem by Marion Nestle, author of F...
Monday, November 9, 2009

Epigenetics of stress

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Last week in journal club I presented "Prenatal exposure to maternal depression, neonatal methylation of human glucocorticoid receptor ...
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Jessica Perry Hekman, DVM, PhD is fascinated by dog brains. She is a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she studies the genetics of dog behavior. Her interests include the stress response in mammals, canine behavior, canine domestication, shelter medicine, animal welfare, and open access publishing. You may learn more about Jessica at www.dogzombie.com, or email her at jph at dogzombie dot com. All opinions expressed here are her own.
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