Mother’s diet could determine a baby’s facial features in the womb: new study
March 31, 2024
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as posted by the channelYou might be able to blame your mom’s strange pregnancy cravings for your looks.
The origins of facial features have long puzzled scientists, but new research suggests that a pregnant mother’s diet could actually influence certain features starting in the womb.
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday, linked a mother’s protein levels to gene activity, specifically mTORC1 genes, which influenced the “craniofacial shape of the embryos,” according to the authors.
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