Sperm, metabolic memory and echoes from Lamarck
Crisostomo L; Alves MG; Oliveira PF
Sperm, metabolic memory and echoes from Lamarck
Crisostomo L
Alves MG
Oliveira PF
WILEY
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on:
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022091258683
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022091258683
Tiivistelmä
- There is a widespread misconception that only maternal variables affect in utero development.
- Epigenetic markers carried by the spermatozoon are transmitted to the zygote.
- Sperm-born epigenetic factors influence in utero development, for various generations.
- Acquired traits of metabolic disease can be inherited by the offspring via the male gamete.
- Health assessment of future fathers is essential to predict the offspring's health.
Kokoelmat
- Rinnakkaistallenteet [19207]