BRCA1 methylation in newborns: genetic disposition, maternal transfer, environmental influence, or by chance only?

However, comparing methylation frequency among newborns to adults (control population of n = 3602 with the addition of a separate group of 292 young females reported in our study), the difference in methylation frequency between newborns and adults was highly significant (Fisher’s exact test; p = 0.0021).

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