According to epigenetics -- the study of inheritable changes in gene expression not directly coded in our DNA -- our life experiences may be passed on to our children and our children's children.
Can 100-Year-Old Research Lead to the Discovery of Novel Mechanisms of Inheritance? International Team to Reevaluate and Recreate Experiments from Vienna’s Legendary Biologische Versuchsanstalt, Led ...
An epigenetic study found that sperm DNA methylation changes with paternal age at thousands of genomic sites, including ...
The concept of trauma's lingering effects across generations has fascinated scientists and psychologists alike. Recent research in the field of epigenetics (the study of generational trauma) sheds ...
Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, SEGUNDA EPOCA, Vol. 27, No. 2(74) (May 2012), pp. 153-174 (22 pages) This paper deals with the interrelationship ...
New research findings by John Innes Centre (JIC) scientists have helped to settle an important debate in the field of epigenetic inheritance. Using the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana as a model ...
The friendly siberian foxes -- The inheritance of acquired characteristics -- Paul Kammerer, enfant terrible of biology -- The great debate about human heredity in 1920s Russia -- Lysenko up close -- ...
In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...