You are what your dad ate.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 21284975.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.01.011.
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Abstract
Maternal nutrition and metabolism are critical determinants of adult offspring health. Recent reports describe adverse offspring outcomes associated with the father's diet, indicating nongenetic inheritance of paternal experience. Determining underlying mechanisms may require reconsideration of our understanding of the heritability of epigenetic states.