Male-lineage transmission of an acquired metabolic phenotype induced by grand-paternal obesity
Objective: Parental obesity can induce metabolic phenotypes in offspring independent of the inherited DNA sequence. Here we asked whether such non-genetic acquired metabolic traits can be passed on to a second generation that has never been exposed to obesity, even as germ cells. Methods: We examine...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-08-01
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Series: | Molecular Metabolism |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877816300710 |