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Father's drinking habit affect son's genes (see pics)

New York: Do you regularly drink to excess? Even before conception, a son's vulnerability for alcohol use disorders could be shaped by a father who chronically drinks to excess, a significant study indicates."It is possible

IANS Updated on: June 06, 2014 16:12 IST


For the study, researchers chronically exposed male mice over five weeks to intermittent ethanol vapour, leading to blood alcohol levels slightly higher than the legal limit for human drivers. Then, they mated them to females who had not been exposed to alcohol.

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