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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Carone BR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3039484 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell 20101201 7
Epigenetic information can be inherited through the mammalian germline and represents a plausible transgenerational carrier of environmental information. To test whether transgenerational inheritance of environmental information occurs in mammals, we carried out an expression profiling screen for genes in mice that responded to paternal diet. Offspring of males fed a low-protein diet exhibited elevated hepatic expression of many genes involved in lipid and cholesterol biosynthesis and decreased ...[more]