Maternal high-fat diet has a negative impact on fertility—including an apparent direct effect on early development. In this issue, a new study connects this phenotype to depletion of Stella protein in oocytes, demonstrating environmental regulation of a maternal-effect gene.
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Leitch, H.G., Hajkova, P. Eggs sense high-fat diet. Nat Genet 50, 318–319 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0068-1
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