Fetal Programming in Animal Species
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 3022
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fetal programming; calf health; DNA methylation; pancreas; physiology; RNA-seq
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The scope of this special issue would cover research that evaluates maternal/fetal programming events in animals. Fetal programming is defined as events that occur during pregnancy that can have long lasting effects on the growth and development of the offspring. Several different factors during pregnancy can have a programming effect including, but not limited to, the exposure of the mother to stress, disease, environmental toxins and alternations to nutrient availability. The articles that would be included in this issue would ideally cover a wide range of animal species (both livestock and non-livestock species) and different forms of maternal programming. The scope of articles that could be included in this issue would cover 1) how fetal programming alters the growth, metabolism and development of the offspring 2) novel mechanisms that are involved in mediating the effects of fetal programming during pregnancy in the mother and the offspring 3) determining the long-term effects of maternal programming across multiple generations (example: alterations to productivity, health and/or fecundity in subsequent generations) and 4) Understanding how the exposure to disease, stress, or other factor alters the placental development and the health of the mother during pregnancy.
Dr. Maria Hoffman
Dr. Sarah McCoski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- maternal programming
- fetal programming
- sheep
- cattle
- swine
- growth
- development
- physiology
- reproduction
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