A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal

Sperm, metabolic memory and echoes from Lamarck



Authors: Crisostomo L, Oliveira PF, Alves MG

Publisher: WILEY

Publication year: 2021

Journal: European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Journal name in source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Journal acronym: EUR J CLIN INVEST

Article number:  e13492

Volume: 51

Issue: 10

Number of pages: 5

ISSN: 0014-2972

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.13492

Web address : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eci.13492


Abstract
  • There is a widespread misconception that only maternal variables affect in utero development.
  • Epigenetic markers carried by the spermatozoon are transmitted to the zygote.
  • Sperm-born epigenetic factors influence in utero development, for various generations.
  • Acquired traits of metabolic disease can be inherited by the offspring via the male gamete.
  • Health assessment of future fathers is essential to predict the offspring's health.

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