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Epigenetic inheritance and the intergenerational transfer of experience.
Psychological bulletin - 1 May 2005
Harper Lawrence V
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Currently, behavioral development is thought to result from the interplay among genetic inheritance, congenital characteristics, cultural contexts, and parental practices as they directly impact the individual. Evolutionary ecology points to another contributor, epigenetic inheritance, the transmission to offspring of parental phenotypic responses to environmental challenges-even when the young do not experience...
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