Non-Genetic Transmission of Obesity – It's in Your Epigenes
2016
Obesity and its related metabolic comorbidities can be inherited across generations through non-genetic mechanisms. In a recent report, Huypens et al. , using an in vitro fertilization approach, provide evidence that exposure to a high-fat diet modifies egg and sperm epigenetic information, rendering the progeny more prone to obesity.
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