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During prenatal development, nutritional deprivation may influence the expression of certain genes that are known to increase the risk of specific physical and psychological disorders. This best illustrates the impact of __________.

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This best illustrates the impact of epigenetic factors.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Epigenetic factors are those factors which changes the physical structure of DNA.one example of epigenetic change is DNA methylation to the part of DNA molecule which prevents gene expression. Histones are the proteins which wraps the DNA around,
  • Epigenetic changes are a regular & natural occurrences but are influenced by several things like age,lifestyle & disease state. Epigenetic modifications are those where the cell differentiates terminally to end up as liver cells, brain cells etc.
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