Sex, Gender, and Epigenetics
Legato J, Marianne, M.D., PhD (hon c), F.A.C.P., (Emerita Professor, Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Adjunct Professor, Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School) / Feldberg, Dov, MD (Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel) / Glezerman, Marek (Professor (emeritus) of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Isreal<br>Current Head of Gender and Sex Conscious Medicine , Chairman of the Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel) Sex, Gender, and Epigenetics: From Molecule to Bedside explores the complex interplay of sex and gender-based influences on gene expression via epigenetic mechanisms. The book provides an overview of the field and evidence gathered to-date that is followed by a discussion of epigenetic pathways by which biological sex and the impact of the environment collaborate to regulate genetic function. The book also analyzes the impact of ancestors' env...