By Rudolf Uher and Ian C. G. Weaver
The British Journal of Psychiatry
June 2014, 204(6):3-5.

Abstract
Maltreatment in childhood affects mental health over the life course. New research shows that early life experiences alter the genome in a way that can be measured in peripheral blood samples decades later. These findings suggest a new strategy for exploring gene-environment interactions and open opportunities for translational epigenomic research.

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