Emerging evidence that the mammalian sperm epigenome serves as a template for embryo development

Abstract Although more studies are demonstrating that a father’s environment can influence child health and disease, the molecular mechanisms underlying non-genetic inheritance remain unclear. It was previously thought that sperm exclusively contributed its genome to the egg. More recently, associat...

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Main Authors: Ariane Lismer, Sarah Kimmins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37820-2