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RE: We are what our grandmother has eaten - Siamo ciò che nostra nonna ha mangiato
really fascinating! thank you!
when you say it can go down to as much as the third generation its because we have information on 3 generations and it could go on for many more or does it stop there and we checked the 4th generation and prove that?
its crazy to think that something that happened to the grandparents can effect the health of their grandchildren... amazing
Thank you! :D
The question is very interesting, but there is no certain answers. To date we have not yet been able to observe the effects on a hypothetical fourth generation in humans, and certainly will be done in the future. But animal models seem to suggest that there are mechanisms at the level of the zygote that prevent the passage of epigenetic information beyond the third generation (at least in mammals).
I think there is still so much to discover about it, we know very little.