title: [Sperm as (epigenetic) carrier of obesity?].
abstract: A demonstration of (somewhat) specific differential RNA content and DNA methylation in sperm from obese individuals opens the possibility of epigenetic transmission to offspring.
authors.affiliation: UMR 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille, Université/EFS/CNRS, Espace éthique méditerranéen, hôpital d'adultes la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France - CoReBio PACA, case 901, parc scientifique de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D040582:Inheritance Patterns; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*