Submitted by RedditScoutBoy t3_zm4pz1 in askscience
CorpFillip t1_j0b0y0v wrote
Concerned about the use of ‘lifetime’ — very strong NO that anything that happens to your cells is transmitted. Only things that happen to the egg’s cell, before it is inseminated.
Anything that happens during the rest if uour lifetime is irrelevant to the genetics if your offspring; your lifetime won’t affect them.
icryalotoflies t1_j0cau12 wrote
The cells in eggs are your cells...and obese women have a higher rate of children with birth defects, same with past and current smokers. Your health determines your kids that's an absolute fact
CorpFillip t1_j0dvwd6 wrote
An egg is a single cell, but my point was that the creation of each egg is the last time the woman’s genetics are relevant.
Anything that happens to her genetics later simply doesnt affect the children’s genetics
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