You are what your mother ate, to some extent; how much depends partly on whether you are a boy or a girl, new research shows.
A study in mice reveals that expectant mothers’ diets influence gene activity differently in the placentas of male and female offspring, researchers report online March 8 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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