Exploring the father’s role in succesful pregnancy and signatures of epigenetic inheritance from sperm to offspring: an approach through biostatistics and computational modeling methods. KU Leuven
The effects of a mother's environment during pregnancy on her children's health have been studied extensively. However, recent findings suggest that a father’s environment and his age before conception matters as well. This runs counter to standard thinking about heredity that parents pass down only genes to their children. An equally plausible way to leave a mark on offspring is through epigenetic inheritance. This refers to molecular ...