Dad's Lifestyle Choices Can Affect Future Children
Posted: 07/10/2013 8:08 am EDT
A dad's lifestyle choices could have an impact on his future children's DNA, according to a new study.
Researchers from Maastricht University in the Netherlands found that gene mutations that are spurred by unhealthy lifestyle choices can be passed on from the dad to his offspring -- even if those gene mutations happened before the offspring were conceived.