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Commentary

Pregestational Nutrition and the Epigenetic Landscape in Next Generations: Still an Almost Virgin Land to be Explored

Mihai D Niculescua Department of Nutrition & UNC Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC28081, USA;b UNC Nutrition Research Institute, 500 Laureate Way,Kannapolis, NC28081, USA Tel.: +1 704 250 5029 Fax: +1 704 250 [email protected]
Pages 13-15 | Published online: 15 Feb 2013

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