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Further Resources
This page contains additional resources for teachers to further understand gene expression and epigenetics.
Helpful Web Pages
Epigenetic Influences and Disease
Learn how epigenetic treatments are being used to counteract epigenetic changes which cause diseases like cancer
An introduction to epigenetics, aimed at school students
Science in School - Antioxidants and Food
The International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)
Further Resources for Teachers and Senior Students
Adams, J. (2008). Obesity, epigenetics, and gene regulation. Nature Education, 1(1):128
Cooney, C, A. (2006). Germ cells carry the epigenetic benefits of grandmother’s diet. PNAS, 103(46), 17071 –17072.
Sloboda, M., Howie, G., Pleasants, A., Gluckman, P., & Vickers, M. (2009). Pre- and postnatal nutritional histories influence reproductive maturation and ovarian function in the rat. PLoS ONE, 4(8): e6744. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006744
Gluckman, P.D., Hanson, M.A., & Low, F.M. (2019). Evolutionary and developmental mismatches are consequences of adaptive developmental plasticity in humans and have implications for later disease risk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0109
Howie, G. J., Sloboda, D. M., Kamal, T., & Vickers, M. H. (2009). Maternal nutritional history predicts obesity in adult offspring independent of postnatal diet. The Journal of Physiology, 587(4), 905 -915.
Hunter, P. (2008). We are what we eat. The link between diet, evolution and non-genetic inheritance. EMBO reports 9(5), 413–415.
Jones, P. A. (2008). Moving AHEAD with an international human epigenome project. Nature, 454, 711 - 715.
Kuijper, B., Hanson, M. A., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Marshall, H. H., Ozanne, S. E., & Cant, M. A. (2019). Developing differences: early-life effects and evolutionary medicine. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0039
Laura, B. (2008). Epigenomics: The new tool in studying complex diseases. Nature Education 1(1):178
Simmons, D. (2008). Epigenetic influence and disease. Nature Education 1(1):6
New Scientist. (2008). Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions.
