Article Extra: A Genetic Diet By the Numbers :The Scientist [2006-09-01]


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Article Extra: A Genetic Diet By the Numbers 23% Percentage of normal-weight mice born to mothers fed a genistein (soy isoflavone)-rich diet compared to 10% of offspring born to mothers fed phyto-estrogen-free diets. The diet produced the shift by increasing methylation at specific sites of the agouti gene, which controls both coat color and obesity in these mice.2