Changes to small RNA in sperm may help fertilization

(University of Massachusetts Medical School) UMass Medical School Professor Oliver J. Rando, M.D., Ph.D., sheds new light on the processes of fertilization and epigenetic inheritance in mammals. New research provides important insight into how epigenetics -- the study of inheritable traits that are carried outside the genome -- work from father to offspring.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 26, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news