The nature of nurture: Effects of parental genotypes
Augustine Kong1,2,3,, Gudmar Thorleifsson1, Michael L. Frigge1, Bjarni J. Vilhjalmsson4,5, Alexander I. Young1,2,6, Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson1, Stefania Benonisdottir1, Asmundur Oddsson1, Bjarni V. Halldorsson1, Gisli Masson1, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson1,3, Agnar Helgason1,7, Gyda Bjornsdottir1, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir1,8, Kari Stefansson1,8,
Main idea: Parental genetic information which is not inherited to their offspring, considered as genetic nurture, have an important effect on offsprings’ phenotype.