Cross-fostering: Elucidating the effects of gene × environment interactions on phenotypic development

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• 作者：Richard McCarty ; ^{richard.mccarty@vanderbilt.edu}
• 关键词：Gene&ndash ; environment interaction ; Epigenetics ; Behavioral development ; Maternal environment ; Cross-fostering ; Programming
• 刊名：Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：73
• 期：Complete
• 页码：219-254
• 全文大小：4041 K
• 卷排序：73

文摘

Cross-fostering aids in the study of gene × environment interactions. In mice and rats, individual pups or whole litters are exchanged between mothers. Prenatal and postnatal maternal environments exert effects on phenotypic development.