Mother adversity and co-residence time impact mother–child similarity in genome-wide and gene-specific methylation profiles

Abstract Background The effects of adverse life events on physical and psychological health, with DNA methylation (DNAm) as a critical underlying mechanism, have been extensively studied. However, the epigenetic resemblance between mother and child in the context of neglectful caregiving, and whethe...

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Published in:	Clinical Epigenetics
Main Authors:	Lucía Labaut, Agustín Lage-Castellanos, María José Rodrigo, Silvia Herrero-Roldán, Colter Mitchell, Jonah Fisher, Inmaculada León
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-03-01
Subjects:	Epigenetics Mother–child covariance Maternal adversity Living together EWAS Stress-related genes
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-024-01655-5