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Mammalian studies, however, have primarily investigated up to three or four generations. Environmental exposures to toxicants or other stressors have been linked to epigenetic transgenerational inheritance. Changes within the epigenome have the potential to alter gene expression and genetic processes, as well as potentially alter phenotypes and evolution in all organisms. In this study, an outcrossed mammalian colony of outbred rats was bred for 10 successive generations and assessed for epigenetic alterations and incidence of pathological abnormalities. The hypothesis tested was that epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease would be maintained for 10 generations. Sperm from male rats were analysed for DNA methylation and pathology abnormalities in the outcross female and male lineage rats in successive generations. Effects on male sperm were observed in differential DNA methylated regions in both lineages. A dramatic increase in apoptosis of male spermatogenic cells in the testes for both male and female lineages was observed. Pathology of different tissue types was assessed by artificial intelligence-based technologies using deep learning histology protocols developed. Observations showed a dramatic increase in disease incidence within the 10th generation (F13) compared to the control lineage for kidney, ovary, prostate, and testis for both outcross lineages. As previously observed, no gross pathologies were observed in other organs. 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