That claim is turning out to have exceptions: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/inheritance/ http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics

That claim is turning out to have exceptions: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/inheritance/ http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/inheritan... In some circumstances, epigenetic markers are retained and passed to the next generation.