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lamarckianism is not nonsense at all. It has been known in microrganisms for at least 30 years and is one of the foundations of molecular biology research. Pla
by triviatise 9y ago
lamarckianism is not nonsense at all. It has been known in microrganisms for at least 30 years and is one of the foundations of molecular biology research.
Plasmids are genetic structures that can be acquired by a bacteria and then passed on to descendants or through the environment to peer organisms. Antibiotic resistance is one of the most common traits passed this way.
- tsax 9y agoGreg Cochran, an expert geneticist who wrote 'The 10,000 Year Explosion' has a different view. 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3310KWlDXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3310KWlDXg (especially the Q&A which is dominated by epigenetics). 2) This explains it in text -> https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/epigenetics/ https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/epigenetics/
- cadlin 9y agoGreg Cochran isn't an expert geneticist. He's a consultant with a PhD in physics who was an anthropology adjunct for ten years. He doesn't have any training as a geneticist or in biological research. It's all in his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-cochran-48b51b79/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-cochran-48b51b79/