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Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans

M. Pembrey, L. Bygren, G. Kaati, S. Edvinsson, K. Northstone, M. Sjöström, J. Golding

2006.2.1EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201538

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It is concluded that sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses exist in humans and hypothesise that these transmissions are mediated by the sex chromosomes, X and Y and add an entirely new dimension to the study of gene–environment interactions in development and health.

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PEMBREY, M., et al. Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS, 2006, 14: 159–166.