Programming the Future: Epigenetics in the Context of DOHaD

Julia R. Barrett, MS, ELS, a Madison, WI–based science writer and editor, is a member of the National Association of Science Writers and the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. About This Article open Citation: Barrett JR. 2017. Programming the future: epigenetics in the context of DOHaD. Environ Health Perspect 125:A72; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.125-A72 Published: 31 March 2017 PDF Version (191 KB) Related EHP Article Small-Magnitude Effect Sizes in Epigenetic End Points are Important in Children’s Environmental Health Studies: The Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center’s Epigenetics Working Group Carrie V. Breton, Carmen J. Marsit, Elaine Faustman, Kari Nadeau, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Dana C. Dolinoy, Julie Herbstman, Nina Holland, Janine M. LaSalle, Rebecca Schmidt, Paul Yousefi, Frederica Perera, Bonnie R. Joubert, Joseph Wiemels, Michele Taylor, Ivana V. Yang, Rui Chen, Kinjal M. Hew, Deborah M. Hussey Freeland, Rachel Miller, and Susan K. Murphy Recent studies have shown that variable responses to environmental exposures within a population arise in part from individuals’ genetic differences.1,2,3 Research on these differences is increasingly focusing on the epigenome, in which small chemical tags on DNA and associated proteins fine-tune genetic expression.1,2,4 A new review in EHP takes stock of the methods, analyses, and complexity of environmental epigenetics research in the context of the developmenta...
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