As time goes on, more and more research is being done on the effects of your sperm on your children. Join Tara as she discusses a recent study that found mental illness caused by traumatic events can be passed down to your children and grandchildren through sperm!
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Sperm Can Pass Trauma Symptoms Through Generations, Study Finds
http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/13/5606070/sperm-pass-trauma-symptoms-through-generations
“Researchers have put ample effort into identifying genes that help explain why cancer or heart disease run in some families.”
Implications Of Sperm RNAs In Transgenerational Inheritance Of The Effects Of Early Trauma In Mice
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.3695.html
“Small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) are potential vectors at the interface between genes and environment. We found that traumatic stress in early life altered mouse microRNA (miRNA) expression, and behavioral and metabolic responses in the progeny. Injection of sperm RNAs from traumatized males into fertilized wild-type oocytes reproduced the behavioral and metabolic alterations in the resulting offspring.”
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