Telegony, the sire effect and non-mendelian inheritance mediated by spermatozoa: a historical overview and modern mechanistic speculations. | Semantic Scholar
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. Telegony is the belief that the sire first mated to a female will have an influence upon some of that female's later offspring by another male. Although the reality of telegony was acknowledged by such authorities as Darwin, Spencer, Romanes and many experienced breeders, it has been met with scepticism because of Weismann's unfavourable comments and negative results obtained in several test experiments. In this article, alleged cases of telegony are provided. A search of the literature of cell biology and biochemistry reveals several plausible mechanisms that may form the basis for telegony. These involve the penetration of spermatozoa into the somatic tissues of the female genital tract, the incorporation of the DNA released by spermatozoa into maternal somatic cells, the presence of foetal DNA in maternal blood, as well as sperm RNA-mediated non-Mendelian inheritance of epigenetic changes.
Telegony, the sire effect and non-mendelian inheritance mediated by spermatozoa: a historical overview and modern mechanistic speculations. | Semantic Scholar Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menuSemantic ScholarSemantic Scholar's LogoSearch 216,830,768 papers from all fields of scienceSearchSign InCreate Free AccountDOI:10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01672.xCorpus ID: 2796388Telegony, 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} }YS LiuPublished in Reproduction in domestic… 1 April 2011BiologyReproduction in domestic animals = ZuchthygieneTLDRA 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.ExpandView on PubMeddoi.orgSave to LibrarySaveCreate AlertAlertCiteShare12 CitationsBackground Citations3View All12 Citations47 ReferencesRelated Papers12 CitationsDate RangeCitation TypeHas PDFAuthorMore FiltersMore FiltersFiltersSort by Most Influenced PapersSort by Citation CountSort by RecencyUterosomes: The lost ring of telegony?H. 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