> They have identified some genetic commonalties among a
 > percentage of the male children of alcoholics.  There
 > is also now evidence that alcohol consumption affects
 > the development of sperm.  I wouldn't read too much
 > into that, though, since I would suspect that you'd
 > get gross damage to the fetus from anything that
 > happened in the father's body, rather than the wide
 > range of things that can happen as the fetus is
 > exposed to various things at various times in its
 > development.
 > I don't have specific citations, but I can tell you
 > that a search of the Science News archives should turn
 > them up.
Jerry,
    All the time they blame the woman for any things that go wrong with the 
fetus, it just goes to show that the father is just as responsible as the 
mother.
MaryAnn
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