Sentences with phrase «inheritable changes»
By comparison, eating a high - fat diet before and during pregnancy increases breast cancer risk in the subsequent two generations, but does not cause inheritable changes in the germ cells, Hilakivi - Clarke says.
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It is driven by inheritable and observable change to DNA.
It might be possible then to link the alterations to environmental changes such as stressful events or diet, which have been shown to cause inheritable epigenetic changes in mice.
But geneticists remained doubtful that these changes can be passed down because of how inheritable DNA is cleared of changes.
Some companies have changed their offerings and instead provide information on ancestry and whether you're a genetic carrier for certain inheritable diseases (and could pass those genes to your children).