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Nongenetic inheritance and transgenerational epigenetics.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 Feb 2015
Szyf Moshe
Abstract excerpt
The idea that inherited genotypes define phenotypes has been paramount in modern biology. The question remains, however, whether stable phenotypes could be also inherited from parents independently of the genetic sequence per se. Recent data suggest that parental experiences can be transmitted behaviorally, through in utero exposure of the developing fetus to the maternal environment, or through either the male...
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