Fears can be inherited through sperm

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 10:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Father mice trained to fear the smell of cherry blossoms can pass that fear on to their offspring through changes to the behaviour of their genes, a new study suggests.

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