Reproductive endocrinology: You are what your grandmother ate--inherited effects of in utero undernourishment (Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism)

Nutritional perturbations during in utero development have long-lasting effects that are passed through multiple generations. Alterations of methylation patterns in male germline DNA are markers of compromised sperm in this process, reveals new research.The nutritional status of a pregnant mother influences in utero