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@article{193535,
        author = {Dr Zeba Altaf Husain Lalkot and Dr. A. Suhasini and Dr. Amreen Begum},
        title = {Epigenetic Programming in Early Life: Implications for Metabolic and Reproductive Health},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {962-968},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=193535},
        abstract = {Background: Early-life environmental exposures during critical developmental windows can induce long-term physiological changes through epigenetic mechanisms. This concept, framed within the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis, explains how prenatal and early postnatal conditions influence lifelong metabolic and reproductive outcomes.},
        keywords = {Epigenetics, DOHaD, Fetal Programming, Obesity, PCOS, Reproductive Health, DNA Methylation.},
        month = {March},
        }