Environmental Epigenomics in Health and Disease: Epigenetics and Complex Diseases

by Randy L. Jirtle

Book Overview

There are now compelling human epidemiological and animal experimental data that indicate the risk of developing adult-onset complex diseases and neurological disorders are influenced by persistent epigenetic adaptations in response to prenatal and early postnatal exposures to environmental factors. Epigenetics refers to heritable changes in gene function that occur without a change in the sequence of the DNA. The main components of the epigenetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642435955
• ISBN13: 9783642435959
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"