A single exposure to a toxic fungicide during pregnancy can increase the risk of disease for 20 subsequent generations—with ...

A new study from Washington State University reports that a single pregnancy exposure to a toxic fungicide can raise disease ...

One toxic exposure during pregnancy may affect health for up to 20 generations and could help explain rising chronic disease ...

Ancestral toxins cause disease for 20 generations. Epigenetic health defects in kidney, testis, and ovary intensify over many centuries, impacting evolutionary biology.

Researchers studied rats exposed to a fungicide used primarily in fruit crops and found that a heightened prevalence of disease persisted through 20 generations.

The concept of epigenetic inheritance has long been controversial. Some researchers hope that new data on cross-generational effects of environmental exposures will help settle the debate. Andrea ...

A single exposure to a common agricultural fungicide may echo through the generations far longer than previously understood – potentially affecting the health of descendants 20 generations later.

Gametes can transmit not only genetic but also epigenetic information to the next generation. Such epigenetic inheritance can occur via several mechanisms, including DNA methylation, chromatin ...

The earliest studies of genetic inheritance were very straightforward - Gregor Mendel documented the passage of certain easily observable traits as they passed down through generations of pea plants.

Without altering the genetic code in the DNA, epigenetic modifications can change how genes are expressed, affecting an organism’s health and development. The once radical idea that such changes in ...