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While it was previously thought an organism's epigenome was erased during gametogenesis and embryogenesis, it is now accepted that some epigenetic modifications are potentially heritable. Some mechanistic possibilities for the intergenerational effects of exercise are alterations in gamete presentation, changes in the in utero and offspring rearing environments, and epigenetic modifications
