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Exposure to stress even before conception causes genetic changes to offspring
July 8, 2013 by NewsBot
A female’s exposure to distress even before she conceives causes changes in the expression of a gene linked to the stress mechanism in the body — in the ovum and later in the brains of the offspring from when they are born, according to a new study on rats.
