National Science Foundation (NSF) News - Study Is First to Show Transgenerational Effect of Antibiotics - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

In a paper published in Nature's open access journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, report that male pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic tetracycline suffer significantly reduced sperm viability and pass this toxic effect on to their untreated sons. They suggest a similar effect could occur in humans and other species.