Daddy issues: paternal effects on phenotype.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2012.10.020 and PMC identifier 3564497.
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Abstract
The once popular and then heretical idea that ancestral environment can affect the phenotype of future generations is coming back into vogue due to advances in the field of epigenetic inheritance. How paternal environmental conditions influence the phenotype of progeny is now a tractable question, and researchers are exploring potential mechanisms underlying such effects.
Medical subject headings
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene-Environment Interaction