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The wisdom of the egg cell: Oocyte epigenetic mark may help prevent excessive placental growth after fertilization

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The wisdom of the egg cell: Oocyte epigenetic mark may help prevent excessive placental growth after fertilization
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The genome—which contains genes encoded in DNA—acts as the fundamental blueprint of life. But what you might not know is that, in addition to this genetic information, we have something akin to an "instruction manual" for how genes should be handled. This instruction manual is known as the epigenome.

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