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Environmental cues could be transmitted cross generations. In the case of in utero expose, F1 and F2 transmissions are classified as intergenerational epigenetic inheritance, F3 and further generations are transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. In the case of paternal exposure, F1 is classified as inter‐, while F2 and beyond as transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. DNA methylation, histone modification and s‐ and lncRNAs are involved in the epigenetic transmission.
