Advanced maternal age is associated with a higher rate of pregnancy complications that are unrelated to karyotypic abnormalities of the oocyte. This study shows that the murine uterine stroma undergoes profound epigenetic changes affecting active and repressive histone modification profiles that are associated with impaired endometrial functionality and underpin the decline in reproductive performance of aged females.
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