Fathers' nutritional legacy

Michael K. Skinner
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Michael K. Skinner: Michael K. Skinner is at the Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236, USA. skinner@wsu.edu

Nature, 2010, vol. 467, issue 7318, 922-923

Abstract: A female can develop a diabetes-like disease due to a high fat content in her father's diet before she was conceived. Epigenetic modifications of the father's sperm DNA might underlie this peculiar observation. See Letter p.963

Date: 2010
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