Submitted by RedditScoutBoy t3_zm4pz1 in askscience
MoobyTheGoldenSock t1_j0dftxe wrote
Reply to comment by futurettt in Will my kids inherit the genetic mutations that I aquire during my lifetime? by RedditScoutBoy
Yes. But that’s the entire point: epigenetic factors can and do affect gametes. You can have a surgery that results in DNA methylation that in turn affects your sperm that in turn gets passed to your offspring:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548616
Obviously, genetics is still by and large the main determiner, but epigenetics can result in genes being expressed or silenced in offspring.
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