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Mother nature meets mother nurture

Using prenatal and postnatal cross-fostering methods in mice, a new experiment shows that the intrauterine environment and postnatal care cooperate to influence behavior in adulthood.

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Figure 1: A simplified representation of the Francis et al. experiments.

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Crabbe, J., Phillips, T. Mother nature meets mother nurture. Nat Neurosci 6, 440–442 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0503-440

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