A paternal diet for offspring success?

Sci Transl Med. 2017 Apr 19;9(386):eaan2780. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan2780.

Abstract

Supplementation of the diet of male mice with methyl donors, such as methionine and folic acid, prior to mating impaired learning, memory, and metabolic functions in the offspring.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dietary Supplements*
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Folic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Methionine / therapeutic use
  • Mice
  • Paternal Exposure / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Folic Acid
  • Methionine