Tuesday, 2 July 2019

New study challenges claim that exogenous RNA is essential for sperm function

Scientists from the University of Bath are challenging the claims of two high profile papers from 2018 which reported that in the mouse, RNA has to be added to sperm for them to be fully fertile. The Bath findings undermine a proposed mechanism of epigenetic inheritance in which offspring inherit traits acquired by their parents.

* This article was originally published here