A fundamental law of genetics states that progenies do not inherit epigenetically-based adaptive, pathological or neural features acquired in response to environmental conditions. However, recent studies seem to contradict this dogma.  Paternal inheritance of diet-induced obesity and diabetes was first suggested by epidemiological analysis of human cohorts and later confirmed by experimental analysis. For instance, the offspring of fathers who had been undernourished during the … Continue reading Researchers map ‘epigenetic inheritability’ in fathers sperm caused by diet.