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Sub-optimal paternal diet at the time of mating disrupts maternal adaptations to pregnancy in the late gestation mouse (2024)
Journal Article
Khoshkerdar, A., Eid, N., Batra, V., Baker, N., Holmes, N., Henson, S., Sang, F., Wright, V., McLaren, J., Shakesheff, K., Woad, K. J., Morgan, H. L., & Watkins, A. J. (2024). Sub-optimal paternal diet at the time of mating disrupts maternal adaptations to pregnancy in the late gestation mouse. Nutrients, 16(12), Article 1879. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16121879

Pregnancy represents a stage during which maternal physiology and homeostatic regulation undergo dramatic change and adaptation. The fundamental purpose of these adaptations is to ensure the survival of her offspring through adequate nutrient provisi... Read More about Sub-optimal paternal diet at the time of mating disrupts maternal adaptations to pregnancy in the late gestation mouse.

Paternal diet programs offspring health through sperm- and seminal plasma-specific pathways in mice (2018)
Journal Article
Watkins, A. J., Dias, I., Tsuro, H., Allen, D., Emes, R. D., Moreton, J., …Sinclair, K. D. (2018). Paternal diet programs offspring health through sperm- and seminal plasma-specific pathways in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(40), 10064-10069. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806333115

© 2018 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. The association between poor paternal diet, perturbed embryonic development, and adult offspring ill health represents a new focus for the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesi... Read More about Paternal diet programs offspring health through sperm- and seminal plasma-specific pathways in mice.