Communications Biology (Feb 2021)

Lipid Traffic Analysis reveals the impact of high paternal carbohydrate intake on offsprings’ lipid metabolism

  • Samuel Furse,
  • Adam J. Watkins,
  • Nima Hojat,
  • James Smith,
  • Huw E. L. Williams,
  • Davide Chiarugi,
  • Albert Koulman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01686-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Furse et al. use a purpose-built computational tool called Lipid Traffic Analysis to determine the spatial distribution of lipids throughout an organism. They use it to show that high paternal carbohydrate intake influences lipid metabolism in offspring two generations hence.