Study implicates new epigenetic player in mental retardation and facial birth defects

Monday, July 12, 2010 - 11:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Boston, Mass. — A subtle mutation affecting the epigenome — – a set of dynamic factors that influence gene activity — may lead to an inherited form of mental retardation that...

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