Researchers have found higher rates of asthma, cancer, obesity and type 2 diabetes in the offspring of mothers who smoked during the pregnancy. These effects may involve
a. decreased methylation of genes.
b. increased methylation of genes.
c. both increased and decreased methylation of genes.
d. fetal nausea.
Answer: c. both increased and decreased methylation of genes.
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