http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/001692.html Fairly small changes in nutrient levels caused dramatic developmental changes in mice. In a study of nutrition's effects on development, the scientists... en-us http://signalplusnoise.com/archives/000388.html Researchers have found that giving prenatal choline supplements to pregnant mice improves learning and memory in the offspring. The most recent work has shown that in the hippocampus of mice whose mothers received the supplement, neurons were larger, h... http://signalplusnoise.com/archives/000269.html FuturePundit reports on a surprising new study demonstrating the epigenetic effects of nutritional supplements in mice. Giving pregnant mice a dietary supplement reduced expression of the offspring's agouti gene. The agouti gene is one determinant of c... http://www.crumbtrail.org/mt/archives/000099.html Randall Parker has another fascinating postat FuturePundit about the epigenetic effects of maternal nutrition and postpartum behavior. New research is disclosing the effects of both of these activities on DNA methylation. This ability to change the ex...