Claim CAS-F1
Claim CAS-F1
People conceived during the Dutch Hunger Winter showed less methylation of the IGF2 gene than their unexposed same-sex siblings six decades later.
- Its mark
- Known. Supported by robust, replicated evidence and accepted by the relevant scientific mainstream. Solid ground.
- Basis
- finding. A claim about how the world is, answerable to evidence.
- Where it appears in the book
- Chapter 5, The Epigenetic Conversation
- How it was checked
- Checked against the source
Sources
- Heijmans, B. T., Tobi, E. W., Stein, A. D., et al. (2008). Persistent epigenetic differences associated with prenatal exposure to famine in humans. PNAS, 105(44), 17046-17049. DOI 10.1073/pnas.0806560105
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