Father's Day Science - Dads Get New Respect In Conception, Which Can Be Good Or Bad

Conception is not a meeting of equals, as scientists have said for decades. The egg is a relatively large, impressive biological factory compared with the tiny sperm, which delivers to the egg one copy of the father's genes. However, the lack of parity may be less one sided than believed.   A new study in Nature from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah reveals that the father's sperm delivers much more complex genetic material than previously thought. Researchers discovered particular genes packaged in a special way within the sperm, and that may promote the development of the fetus.  read more

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