Telegony, the sire effect and non-mendelian inheritance mediated by spermatozoa: a historical overview and modern mechanistic speculations.
@article{Liu2011TelegonyTS,
title={Telegony, the sire effect and non-mendelian inheritance mediated by spermatozoa: a historical overview and modern mechanistic speculations.},
author={YS Liu},
journal={Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene},
year={2011},
volume={46 2},
pages={
338-43
},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:2796388}
}A search of the literature of cell biology and biochemistry reveals several plausible mechanisms that may form the basis for telegony that involve the penetration of spermatozoa into the somatic tissues of the female genital tract.
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