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I don't think you'd see any significant evolutionary responses in the timeframes the article is talking about (<100 years or 4 generations)

• Swizec 10y ago
  Haven't studies shown that high stress (like concentration camp) has immediate effect on next generation's DNA? That would indicate that it's at least potentially possible for evolutionary adaptation to work pretty fast.
  • bhouston 10y ago
    That isn'y evolution if it is epigenetic, it would be another type of adaption, Lamarckian really: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamarckism#Epigenetic_Lamarckism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamarckism#Epigenetic_Lamarcki...
    • coltonv 10y ago
      This is incorrect. Evolution is simply change over generations by natural selection. the mechanism by which that happens, be it DNA or epigenetics or whatever, is not strict
      • aroch 10y ago
        Yes/no... It has to be heritable beyond a single reproductive cycle. Which isn't the case with all epi markers.