… Lavinia Gordon … Jovana Maksimovic, Lavinia Gordon & Alicia Oshlack … Lavinia Gordon …

Comparison between groups of monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins enables an
estimation of the relative contribution of genetic and shared and nonshared environmental factors …

Background The extent to which development- and age-associated epigenetic changes are
influenced by genetic, environmental and stochastic factors remains to be discovered. Twins …

Background The human placenta facilitates the exchange of nutrients, gas and waste between
the fetal and maternal circulations. It also protects the fetus from the maternal immune …

The mammary epithelium comprises two primary cellular lineages, but the degree of
heterogeneity within these compartments and their lineage relationships during development …

Disorders of sex development (DSD), ranging in severity from mild genital abnormalities to
complete sex reversal, represent a major concern for patients and their families. DSD are …

Environment induced epigenetic effects on gene expression in early life are likely to play
important roles in mediating the risk of several immune-related diseases. In order to investigate …

Epigenetic regulation of gene expression, through covalent modification of histones, is a
key process controlling growth and development. Accordingly, the transcription factors …

The fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by silencing of the fragile X mental retardation gene
(FMR1) and the absence of its product, fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), …

Skeletal growth by endochondral ossification involves tightly coordinated chondrocyte
differentiation that creates reserve, proliferating, prehypertrophic, and hypertrophic cartilage …