Heroes, Warriors, and Martyrs—may be biologically imprinted in our DNA. Science, psychology, and epigenetics reveal the roots ...

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance refers to the transmission of traits from one generation to the next that are not encoded in the DNA sequence but are instead influenced by epigenetic factors.

Scientists have unveiled a link between childhood stress and epigenetic changes in sperm cells that could affect future ...

Fathers exposed to high stress in childhood had different epigenetic markers that may affect their offspring, though more ...

Environmental factors experienced by one generation can lead to epigenetic modifications that affect gene expression in subsequent generations. This process can result in the inheritance of ...

These results may also have practical implications for future generations through epigenetic inheritance, as many of the observed epigenetic associations are related to brain development.

These results may also have practical implications for future generations through epigenetic inheritance, as many of the observed epigenetic associations are related to brain development.

A new study of Holocaust survivors provides the strongest proof yet that genetic changes that occur during life can be transmitted across generations. Every generation of Jews, it is thought, must ...

“Avoid toxic people and spend time only with positive people,” she adds. In the end it's a chain reaction—good social ...

The understanding of the bases for genetic and epigenetic inheritance has been improved tremendously over the last decades. While Gregor Mendels results completely revolutionized the basic ...