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Epigenetic inheritance of acquired traits through sperm RNAs and sperm RNA modifications.

Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Dec 2016

Chen Qi, Yan Wei, Duan Enkui

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Once deemed heretical, emerging evidence now supports the notion that the inheritance of acquired characteristics can occur through ancestral exposures or experiences and that certain paternally acquired traits can be 'memorized' in the sperm as epigenetic information. The search for epigenetic factors in mammalian sperm that transmit acquired phenotypes has recently focused on RNAs and, more recently, RNA...

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PMID: 27694809
DOI: 10.1038/nrg.2016.106
PMCID: PMC5441558

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