Exposure to toxins makes great granddaughters more susceptible to stress
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 04:00
in Biology & Nature
Male and female rats are affected differently by ancestral exposure to a common fungicide, vinclozolin, new research shows. Female rats whose great grandparents were exposed to vinclozolin become much more vulnerable to stress, becoming more anxious and preferring the company of novel females to familiar females.