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. 2016 Jun;27(6):349-350.
doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2016.04.003. Epub 2016 Apr 16.

Non-Genetic Transmission of Obesity - It's in Your Epigenes

Elena Loche  1 , Susan E Ozanne  2
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Non-Genetic Transmission of Obesity - It's in Your Epigenes

Elena Loche et al. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Jun.

Abstract

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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