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Exposure to Stress Even Before Conception Causes Genetic Changes to Offspring

pregnancy stressA 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 conducted by the University of Haifa.

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