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Epigenetic inheritance and evolution: A paternal perspective on dietary influences
10 Mar 2015
Abstract excerpt
The earliest indications for paternally induced transgenerational effects from the environment to future generations were based on a small number of long-term epidemiological studies and some empirical observations. Only recently have experimental animal models and a few analyses on human data explored the transgenerational nature of phenotypic changes observed in offspring. Changes include multiple metabolic...
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