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Daddy Issues: Paternal Effects on Phenotype

Author(s) -

Oliver J. Rando

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

cell

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304

H-Index - 776

eISSN - 1097-4172

pISSN - 0092-8674

DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2012.10.020

Subject(s) - biology , phenotype , epigenetics , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , affect (linguistics) , epigenesis , genetics , transgenerational epigenetics , evolutionary biology , dna methylation , gene , sociology , gene expression , communication

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.

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